YACHT'S BAD LUCK Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall. At 12.1 p.m. on iyth August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was anchored in Mullion cove in a strong south-south-westerly gale. The sea was very rough with a heavy ground swell inshore. It was three hours before low water. The honorary secretary went to Mullion cove to check the yacht's position and saw her about 400 yards offshore in a very dangerous situation. A crowd had gathered on the cliffs to watch.

At 3.40 the life-boat The Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service No. jj) was launched, and at 4.52 she reached the yacht Bonheur, now only 200 yards from the steep cliffs on to which she was being driven. The two people aboard the Bonheur were advised either to accept a tow to Newlyn or to get their boat under way with the life-boat as escort. The life-boat escorted her to Newlyn and returned to her station at 12.453.01..