Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 12.15 early on the morning of the llth September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht on passage from Humber to Bridlington was overdue. The life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched at 12.50 in a gentle south- south-westerly breeze and a smooth sea.

It was low water. After searching through the night the life-boat found the yacht Kestrel. She was not in any im- mediate difficulty, but the life-boat took her in tow to Bridlington, which she reached at 10.45. The Humber life- boat was also launched..