Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 5.18 on the evening of the 24th of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had broken down three miles south of St.

Catherine's and needed a tow. There was a strong south-westerly gale with a rough sea, and the tide was ebbing.

The life-boat Jesse Lumb put out at 5.23 to the casualty, which the steamer Foxfield had meanwhile reported to be seven miles south-west of St. Catherine's.

A further message received from the Foxfield stated that H.M.S. Llandaff was alongside the yacht. The life-boat arrived at the scene and took the yacht in tow. The yacht was the Sandrae of Portsmouth and had a crew of five. The life-boat towed her to Bembridge har- bour and then returned to her station at 12.50..