Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 6.25 on the morning of the 8th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy had burnt a red flare half a mile south of the piers. At 6.54 on an ebbing tide the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched. There was a strong south-south-easterly wind blowing and the sea was very rough. The life-boat made for the position given and found the yacht Valkyran with her engine broken down and a torn mainsail. The two men and one woman on board were transferred to the life-boat, which landed them at the south pier. As there was not enough water for her to enter the harbour, the yacht was anchored. The life-boat was made fast in the harbour until 12.45, when she left to escort the motor fishing vessel Winifred in. At 1.30 the life-boat returned to the Valkyran and towed her back to the harbour..