YACHT POOPED AND FLOODED IN HEAVY BREAKERS Rhyl, Flintshire. On Saturday the 17th of August, 1963, the yacht Fiji, of New Brighton, was bound for the Menai Straits with a crew of two, but she was overtaken by bad weather and decided to make for shelter at Rhyl. She anchored off Rhyl to await the tide, but the weather worsened and she dragged her anchor. The Rhyl coastguard reported to the honorary secretary at 7.45 in the evening that the Fift was in a dangerous position and at 8.25 the lifeboat Anthony Robert Marshall was launched. There was a gale blowing from the north-north-west and a rough sea. The tide was four hours flood. The Fifi made sail and started her engine, but her sail was blown out. She made for the entrance to the river Clwyd, but was pooped in heavy breakers and her engine was flooded. When the life-boat reached her she was pounding on the river revetment about 300 yards from the promenade wall. The life-boat crew made a rope fast, pulled the yacht clear and towed her to the harbour at 8.50.

The life-boat reached her station again at 10.15. The yachtsmen made a donation to the funds of the Institution..