St. Helier, Jersey. At 3.57 on the afternoon of the 23rd of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that the yacht Bel Espoir with two people on board was ashore on the rocks off Green Island. At 4.14, when the life- boat Elizabeth Rippon put out, visibility was poor. There was a light breeze witha smooth sea and it was two hours be- fore low water. The life-boat found the yacht at 4.45. A woman had been taken off the yacht and landed by a rubber dinghy belonging to the Fire Service.

As the life-boat was unable to get along- side the yacht, the rubber dinghy was used to put two men on board to se- cure a tow rope. The life-boat then to- wed the yacht to St. Helier and reached her station at 5.30..