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Pandora

Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 5.50 p.m. on 7th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht with engine failure was almost aground on Boiler Reef. The lifeboat City of Glasgow II proceeded at 6.7 in a h'ght east north easterly wind. The tide was flooding. The life-boat passed a line to the yacht named Pandora and towedher off the reef. Difficulty was experienced in towing the yacht as she was fitted with hydraulic steering and this was put out of action when the engine failed. The coxswain put two men on board the Pandora to free the steering, and the life-boat and the tow then made better progress. The life-boat returned to her station at 11.40..