Torbay, Devon. At 12.3 on the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honor- ary secretary a report from the police that a sailing dinghy had capsized off Levermead beach and that a man could be seen in the water. A strong north-north-easterly wind was blowing and the sea was choppy. Confirmation^ of the reports having been received from the coastguard, the life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent put out at 12.25 on the ebb tide. About three- quarters of a mile off shore a sub- merged dinghy was sighted, and as the life-boat approached two men were seen clinging to its side. They were taken on board the life-boat, which then made for Brixham harbour. The two men were cold and exhausted, and they were wrapped in blankets and given rum and hot cocoa on board the life- boat. On arrival in the harbour they were attended by a doctor before being taken ashore on stretchers to a waiting ambulance. They quickly recovered after admission to hospital. The dinghy was later recovered and towed to Torquay by a local motor boat..