YACHT IN HEAVY WEATHER OFF NEEDLES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 6.46 a.m.

on Monday the 26th August, 1963, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht approximately one mile west of the Brook look-out appeared to be in difficulty. At 7.9 a.m.

the life-boat S.G.E. was launched in a strong south-westerly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was on the ebb. The life-boat located the yacht Lulu, of Hamble, with four people on board, approximately one mile south-west of Freshwater with her engine broken down. She was having difficulty in making headway towards the Needles under reduced sail, due to the strong breeze.

The life-boat escorted the yacht and then towed her into Yarmouth; returning to her station at 10.15 a.m..