TRIMARAN OVERDUE Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 3 p.m.

on 10th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trimaran named Nimble-Iki was overdue.

There was a thick fog with a smooth sea and light airs from the south-west.

Leuchars helicopter rescue unit searched for the boat together with the inshore rescue boat. The life-boat crew assembled to await further instructions, and soon afterwards, at the coastguard's request, the life-boat City of Bradford II, which was on temporary duty at the station, put out at 4 p.m. A Polish vessel later reported that the trimaran was about 2\ miles north-west of the North Carr lightvessel.

The life-boat made for the position, found the yacht, and towed her to Broughty Ferry.

Two people were aboard and, because they had been unable to start their engine or make headway against the ebbing tide with their sails, they had drifted off course.

The life-boat returned to her station at 11.30. The trimaran's owners made a donation to the funds of the Institution..