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Zingari

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire - At 10.5 a.m. on 13th October, 1968, the coastguard reported that a flare had been seen off Sully island. The lifeboat Rachel and Mary Evans was launched at 10.15 in a south westerly gale with a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the yacht Zingari with her sails torn and her engine broken down. The yacht, which had a crew of four on board, was taken in tow to the yacht club, and the life-boat returned to her station at 11.5..