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ESCORT FOR YACHT IN TOW rock, and at 9.11 the life-boat Deneys Reitz put to sea. There was a light south-south-easterly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat made a search and found the yacht four miles south of Blackhead in tow of a fishing boat from Polperro.

The life-boat escorted the boat to Fowey, secured the yacht to the Swing buoy, and arrived back at her station at three o'clock in the morning..