YACHTSMEN RESCUED AFTER SEARCH IN ROUGH SEA Wicklow. On the morning of the 23rd June, 1963, it was decided to make a search for the motor yacht Widgeon, which had been reported missing while bound for Wicklow from Howth with a crew of two, and at 10.50 the life-boat J. W. Archer was launched. She made a wide search in a strong south-westerly wind, a rough sea and a flooding tide, and at 12.45 found the yacht broken down thirteen miles east of Wicklow Head. The life-boat crew rescued the yachtsmen, who were suffering from exposure, and gave them hot drinks.

The life-boat then took the Widgeon in tow and in deteriorating weather made for Wicklow, which was reached at 2.40.

The owner of the yacht made a gift to the life-boat crew. At the request of the life-boat station aircraft also helped in the search..