ANCHOR TROUBLE Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 12.50 p.m.

on 3rd May, 1964, the yacht Quinquereme, which had a crew of four, ran aground on the Layan sands. She refloated on the rising tide, but appeared to be in need of help, so at i a.m. the life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched.

There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a rough sea. The life-boat found that the yacht, having broken down, had anchored, and that the crew were having difficulty in weighing the anchor. The life-boat stood by until the yachtsmen repaired their engine and hove in the anchor. The life-boat escorted the yacht to moorings off Beaumaris pier, arriving back at her station at 2 p.m. The yachtsmen made a gift to the life-boat crew..