FIRST LAUNCH ON SERVICE Wells, Norfolk. At 9.14 p.m. on 3ist July, 1965, a yacht was seen to be in need of assistance 2 miles north-west of Blakeney Point. There was a moderate westnorth- westerly breeze and a moderate sea. It was high water. The life-boat Ernest Tom Nethercoat was launched for the first time on service at 9.30, and found the yacht Eljida of Hull with a crew of three. They required a pilot. The lifeboat towed the yacht to Wells quay and returned to her station at 12.30 a.m. The owner of the yacht made a donation to the Institution's funds..