Four senior officials of the French Life-boat Institution, Vice-Admiral L. le Puth, Vice-Admiral F. Picard-Destelan, Rear-Admiral A. Roux and Engineer in Chief R. Avignon, spent two days with the R.N.L.I. on 14th/15th May, 1968.

The programme included a visit to Messrs. William Osborne's yard at Littlehampton and visits to the life-boat stations at Selsey, Newhaven, East- bourne, Hastings, Dungeness and Dover..