YACHT IGNORES FLARES AND SIGNALS Whitby, Yorkshire. About 11.20 on the night of Saturday the 17th of August.

1963, the coastguard reported to the honorary secretary that a yacht was standing into danger near Saltwick Nab.

The yacht had been warned off but was still uncomfortably close. There was a strong northerly wind and a heavy swell.

A few minutes later the yacht was seen to head into danger and was already in broken water, having apparently taken no notice of the flares or searchlight signals. But when the maroons to assemble the crew were fired at 11.32 p.m.

the yacht sheered off. The honorary secretary instructed the life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn, on temporary duty at the station, to ensure the yacht's safe passage into harbour. This was done by instructions through the life- boat's loud-hailer, and the yacht Marika II with a crew of five on board, bound from Bridlington to Blyth, was secured at 12.29 a.m. The life-boat returned to her station at one o'clock..