EXHAUSTED BY ROWING Whitehills, Banffshire. At 1.55 a.m.

on 3rd August, 1965, the police reported that a flare had been seen off Banff. The life-boat Helen Wycherley launched at 2.15 in a moderate north-easterly breeze and a corresponding sea. The tide was flooding. After searching the area the lifeboat found the small motor boat Pearl with her engine broken down. Poor visibility had made it difficult to find the Pearl, and when located she was close in shore. Her sole occupant was exhausted through rowing and he was taken on board. The Pearl was then towed to Banff and the life-boat returned to her station at 5 a.m..