Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 14th of Feb- ruary, 1961, the motor mechanic in- formed the honorary secretary that the yacht Clwyd had run aground on the north side of the Ribble estuary. The coastguard agreed to keep her under observation and later it was decided to launch the life-boat. When the life-boat Sarah Townsend Porritt put out at 7.15 there was a strong south-westerly wind with a moderate sea. The tide was half flood. The life-boat reached the yacht at 7.50 and stood by until she refloatedat 9.10. The life-boat returned to her station at ten o'clock..