YACHT FOUND AFTER NIGHT SEARCH Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.2 on the morning of the 28th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen about four miles south-west of the Ventnor look-out. Four minutes later the coastguard reported that flares had also been seen four miles south-east from Atherfield look-out. The life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 2.22 in a south-westerly wind of near gale force and a rough sea. The tide was ebbing.

After an extensive search, in which she was joined by a helicopter at dawn, the life-boat found the yawl Elaine with a crew of two. The yacht's sails had been torn, and the life-boat took her in tow to Bembridge harbour, which was reached at 11.20. The life-boat reached her station at 12.15. The life-boat's second coxswain injured his hand while firing parachute flares, and he was taken to hospital, where eight stitches were inserted..