Margate, Kent. At 5.35 on the afternoon of the 8th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore on the Last Sands four and a half miles west-north-west of the coastguard look- out. When it was confirmed that her crew were on board the yacht the life- boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 6.5 in a gentle northerly breeze and a slight sea. It was low water, and the weather was showery. The life-boat towed the yacht Vengla, which had a crew of five, clear of the sands and brought her into Ramsgate. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 3.25 the next morning.

Rewards to the crew, £19 Is. ; re- wards to the helpers on shore, £4 4s..