Swanage, Dorset. At 8.6 on the even- ing of the 14th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht with two people on board was drifting near Old Hang Rocks. The life-boat R.L.P. put out at 8.19 in a gentle to moderate west-south- westerly breeze with a slight sea. It was two hours before low water. The life- boat found the yacht Maricke anchored on the edge of the Milkmaid Shoal with her mainsail carried away and her auxiliary engine out of action. The coxswain put a man on board the yacht to help weigh anchor, and the life-boat then towed her into Poole harbour, where she anchored near Brownsea Island pier. The life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 10.30. Rewards to the crew, £8 8s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 16s..