Falmouth, Cornwall. At 7.45 on the evening of the 7th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two small boats returning from the Helford regatta were in diffi- culties in Falmouth Bay. There was a strong easterly breeze blowing with a rough sea. The weather was overcast.

At 7.55 the life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare was launched on the ebb tide. She made for the position given, which she reached at 8.5. The coxswain used the oil sprays to mini- mise the effect of the rough seas, and this helped the small boats to reach harbour. The life-boat also escorted the fishing vessel Perseverance to har- bour and then returned to her station, arriving at 9.11..