Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 18th of March, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Lymington police that a small boat, the Santa Anna, had capsized off Hurst Castle. Efforts were also being made to contact a pilot cutter launch, which was lying off the Needles and might be able to help. A fresh north-west wind was blowing with a choppy sea. As the pilot cutter did not appear to be moving, the life-boat S.G.E. was launched on an ebbing tide. Shortly afterwards news was received that the pilot cutter was now under way and making for the position given. The pilot cutter picked up two men just before the life-boat arrived. They were very cold and ex- hausted and were transferred to the life- boat. An attempt to tow the Santa Anna was unsuccessful, and she was aban- doned. The life-boat returned to her station at 4.50..