Howth, Co. Dublin. At 9.30 on the night of the 13th October, 1961, an hotel manager told the honorary sec- retary that a friend of his had left Howth in a small outboard sailing boat with another man and a girl for Dun Laoghaire, and that although they had intended to return to Howth by 8.30 they had not arrived. After enquiries had been made of the Baily lighthouse, the Dun Laoghaire lighthouse and the harbour master it was decided to launch the life-boat to search for the missing boat. The life-boat R.P.L. left her moorings at 9.55 in a moderate southerly breeze and a choppy sea. It was two hours after low water. At 10.15 a message was received through the Baily lighthouse that the boat had been seen about a mile off Howth Head under sail. The life-boat made for this position, found the boat, and escorted her to Howth, which was reached at 10.30. The Dun Laoghaire life-boat also carried out a search..