Girvan, Ayrshire. At one o'clock early on the morning of the 16th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had broken down because of a defect in her steering six miles north of Corsewall Point. A num- ber of people were on board, including three young children. There was a moderate west-north-westerly breeze with a moderate sea. The tide was flood- ing. At 1.45 the life-boat St. Andrew (Civil Service No. 10), on temporary duty at the station, was launched on the flooding tide. On reaching a position six miles south of Ailsa Craig the life- boat found the yacht Dodo V with eight people on board. She took the yacht in tow, but at that state of the tide there was not enough water to enable her to bring the yacht into Girvan. She there- fore towed her to Stranraer to the steam- boat wharf. This berth was needed, and the life-boat and yacht had to move.

As no other suitable berth could be found at Stranraer, the Dodo V con- tinued under her own power to Cairn- ryan. the life-boat escorting her. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at five o'clock..