Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 1,45 on the morning of the 2nd May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that flares had been seen one mile south-west of the Needles fairway buoy. At 2.10, when the life-boat S.G.E.

put to sea, there was a strong south- westerly wind with a rough sea. It was one hour after high water and visibility was poor. The life-boat made a search and at four o'clock the tanker Midhurst reported she was standing by the yacht lyruna, which had broken down with a crew of seven, about one mile east of Peveril Point. The life-boat made for the position, arriving twenty minutes later, and took the yacht in tow. At 7.30 the coxswain reported that a man in the yacht was in a diabetic coma, so a doctor from Totland put off in a pilot launch and treated him. The life-boat towed the yacht to Yarmouth, reaching her station at 9.30..