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Two Yachts

Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was apparentlyin trouble and was drifting towards Pendine. Someone on board was waving a shirt. The life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched five minutes later in a moderate south- westerly breeze. The sea was rough, and it was one hour before low water.

When the life-boat reached the area indicated she found two yachts on the beach, one of them labouring violently in the surf. A line was passed to this yacht, and the life-boat towed her to Saundersfoot. The other yacht was not in trouble. The life-boat then re- turned to her station, which she reached at 3.15. Rewards to the crew, £9 12s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 18s..