Fowey, Cornwall. At nine o'clock on the evening of the 13th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two boys were trapped on the rocks at Portnodler Bay near Looe. At 9.37, when the life-boat Deneys Reitz slipped her moorings, taking her boarding boat with her, the tide was ebbing and there was a slight sea with light north-westerly airs.

Coastguardsmen on the cliff-top direct- ly above the two boys indicated their position to the life-boat by a flashing light. The boarding boat picked the boys up and landed them. The life- boat then returned to her station, arriving at 10.45..