COMPASS TROUBLE At 3.30 a.m. on ist March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted two miles south-east of Collieston coastguard lookout.

There was a gentle south-southwesterly wind and a choppy sea, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat Ramsay- Dyce left at 4.15 and found the fishing vessel Baywyke of Whitby with a faulty compass. Her skipper was doubtful of his position and the life-boat escorted the Baywyke to Aberdeen, arriving at eight o'clock..