Fowey, Cornwall. At 12.26 on the afternoon of the llth July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing boat was on the rocks to the west of Fowey harbour.

There was a gentle southerly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was flooding.

At 12.36 the life-boat Deneys Reitz put to sea. On reaching the position, the life-boat found the Fowey harbour com- missioners' launch with the dinghies Shellduck and Lapwing in tow. The crew of the launch had been informed that a dinghy had broken away from a motor cruiser approaching Fowey and had gone out to look for her. The life-boat escorted the launch and the two dinghies to Fowey and then returned to her station, arriving at 1.10..