YACHT MISSING FOR THREE DAYS Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

At 12.5 on the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, the coastguard telephoned the honorary secretary to discuss the possibility of searching for the yacht Come Away of Littlehampton, which had been missing for three days.

The Cross Sand lightvessel had reported the presence of an unknown yacht which might prove to be the Come Away, and at 12.12 therefore the life-boat Louise Stephens was launched on a flooding tide. There was a fresh south-west wind with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the Come Away two miles west of the Cross Sand lightvessel. The yacht's crew reported that everything was in order and no help was needed, but thanked the life-boat for launching to her assistance.

The life-boat returned towards her station, but at the request of the coastguard and the parents of the crew of the Come Away, she stood by until the yacht had reached port. As the Come Away entered harbour her engine broke down and the life-boat escorted her in. The life-boat then returned to her station, which she reached at 2.30. The yacht's owner and the step-father of one of the crew made donations to the branch funds..