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Rosehearty

YACHT FOUND NEAR ROCKS IN FOG St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 4.20 on the morning of the 22nd April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore and had been holed three miles west of St. Abbs Head. At 4.40 the life-boat W. Ross Macarthur of Glasgow was launched in a light westerly breeze and a moderate sea. It was almost high water, and the weather was foggy. The life-boat found the yacht Rosehearty of Buckie lying a short distance off the rocks one mile west of St. Abbs Head. She had a crew of four. Her bows had been damaged and she was making water. After the yacht had been refloated the life-boat escorted her into Eyemouth. The lifeboat then returned to her station, arriving at seven o'clock. The owner of the Rosehearty sent a letter of appreciation..