Salcombe, South Devon. At 8.50 p.m. on 29th August, 1965, it was learnt that the lighthouse keeper at Start Point had reported a small yacht was burning flares at Peartree Point. The life-boat The Baltic Exchange left her moorings at 8.59 in a gentle west-north-westerly breeze and a smooth sea. It was high water. At 9.32 a report was received that the yacht Sirocco of Cremyll had been taken in tow by a fishing boat. The lifeboat escorted both boats to Salcombe, arriving at 11.20 p.m..