ABOUT 10.45 on the night of Thursday, the 13th of December, 1962, the motor boat Zephyr, with Mr. John Smith the owner, who is a member of the Long- hope life-boat crew, and William Mowat on board, returned to her moorings at North Bay, Longhope. Mr. Hugh Scatter, junr., who had been driving his van from South Walls, knowing the Zephyr was due, stopped to see if she had arrived.

Headlights Shone on Boat Hearing a shout Mr. Scatter turned his van round so that the headlights illuminated the motor boat. All appear- ed to be in order, so he walked down to the shore to await the arrival of the two men in their dinghy. It was then an hour and a quarter before high water and there was a moderate gusting to fresh south-westerly breeze with a short steep sea. The sky was overcast and it was raining heavily.

Hearing further shouts, Mr. Seatter realized someone was in the water and ran to the nearest cottage to raise the alarm. Since there was no boat immed- iately available he got back into his van and drove at full speed to his house at Melsetter Farm, half a mile away, and called out his employee, Mr. Angus Heddle.

Together they lifted Mr. Seatter's flat-bottomed 10-foot dinghy into the van and raced back to the shore. They then launched the dinghy and pulled towards the area where the shouts had been heard. Mr. Seatter took the oars while Mr. Heddle searched with a torch.

They found nothing in their first sweep and returned to the Zephyr.

They then searched down wind and about 250 yards from the motor boat sighted her dinghy capsized. Some 20 yards further on they found Mr. Smith, and Mr. Heddle pulled him aboard the dinghy while Mr. Scatter kept the boat trimmed. Almost immediately they saw Mr. Mowat floating face downwards.

There was no room to get Mr. Mowat into the boat so Mr. Heddle lay over the bows and held him under his arms while Mr. Seatter pulled for the shore. Both men were apparently unconscious.

It was now about half past eleven.

The short, steep sea was beginning to fill the overladen boat, and they were unable to make for the nearest land which lay to windward. They pulled downwind and about ten minutes later came ashore near a school about half a mile south-east of the Zephyr's mooring.

By this time the dinghy was half full of water and in danger of sinking.

Mr. James Swanson, a member of the crew of the Longhope life-boat, waded out to meet them and brought Mr.

Mowat ashore. He immediately applied direct mouth to mouth resuscitation and succeeded in bringing him round. By this time other members of the life-boat crew had arrived with a larger boat, which they had carried overland from Aith Hope and launched at the scene of the accident. They brought Mr. Smith ashore, but Mr. Swanson's efforts to revive him failed. Mr. Swanson has been awarded the Resuscitation Certi- ficate of the Royal Humane Society.

Neither Could Swim It was later reported by the Institu- tion's District Inspector who investi- gated the case that neither Mr. Seatter nor Mr. Heddle could swim. For this service the thanks of the Institution in- scribed on vellum have been accorded to Mr. Hugh Seatter, junr., and to Mr. Angus Heddle..