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Lucy

Selsey, Sussex. At 12.15 on the after- noon of the 21st of July, 1960, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that they were keeping the yacht Lucy, which appeared to have engine trouble, under observation. A fishing vessel was later seen to take the yacht in tow, but because of the deteriorating weather at the time and the probable condition of the Lucy, it was decided to launch the life-boat. The life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at one o'clock in a moderate west-south-westerly breeze and a moderate sea. It was two hours after high water. The Lucy, which was under tow and waterlogged, was escorted to Selsey, where she was beached. The life-boat arrived back at her station at three o'clock. Rewards to crew, £8 8s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 18s..