TOW FOR YACHT AFTER FUEL PIPE CLEARED Arbroath, Angus. At 5.20 on the evening of the 5th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor yacht Myhaven had broken down with engine trouble three miles north of the North Carr lightvessel and about four miles from the coast. There was a strong west-southwest wind with a very choppy sea. At 5.30 the life-boat The Duke of Montrose was launched on the flooding tide. When the life-boat reached the Myhaven the assistant mechanic and another crew member were put on board. They succeeded in clearing a choked fuel-pipe, and the engine of the Myhaven started.

With the life-boat acting as escort, the Myhaven tried to return to Arbroath, but further trouble with the fuel-pipe developed and the life-boat took the yacht in tow to Arbroath. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 9.20. The owner of the Myhaven made a gift to the crew..