Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the llth of March, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message that a dinghy had been sighted about two miles east-north- east of the pier. It was not clear whether anyone was on board as the dinghy was now out of sight. A strong west-south- westerly wind was blowing with a mod- erate sea. At 5.17 the life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was launched at high water. On reaching a position two miles out, the coxswain altered course and proceeded due north to allow for the ebb which had now set in.

The dinghy was soon sighted and taken in tow. No one was found on board her.

It was learnt later that the dinghy had been in tow of another vessel but had broken adrift and could not be retrieved at the time because of the weather. The life-boat returned to her station at 6.32..