DRIFTING LIFE-BOAT St. Ives, Cornwall. At 10.35 a-m- °n ist February, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat had been seen about 400 yards off Gur- nards Head. There was a strong breeze from the west-north-west with a rough sea, and the tide was ebbing. The lifeboat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child launched at n o'clock to investigate.

Although the small boat was found there were no occupants and no wreckage in the near vicinity. The boat was towed back to the station where the life-boat arrived at 1.30 p.m. The small boat proved to be a life-boat from the French trawler Roulet Abosse of Etel which had been lost overboard some days previously.

Inquiries revealed that the trawler was at Lorient Harbour and the boat was accordingly handed into the care of the Receiver of Wrecks..