Selsey, Sussex. At 10.54 on the morn- ing of the 21st August, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that the tanker ship Ben Johnson of London was standing by a yacht in distress off Selsey Bill. The life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 11.10 in a west-south-westerly gale. There was a very rough sea, and the tide was half ebb. In poor visibility and with the help of a Shackleton aircraft the life- boat made a search and eventually found the yacht Valerie of Hamble with a crew of five. The yacht's engine had broken down. The five people were rescued, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 7.30..