An oil painting of the Walton-on-the-Naze life-boat aiding the grounded collier Ypapanti, off the Essex coast in the November gales of 1966, was the centre of attraction at a dinner and life-boat film show in aid of the R.N.L.I. at the Frinton Lodge Hotel, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, on 25th April. The painting was reconstructed from an aerial photograph of the life-boat, the Edian Courtauld, alongside the Ypapanti which eventually broke up after running aground on the Long Sand Head. The artist (left) Mr. Lew Broom, of Little Clacton, is a teacher at the Gunfleet Secondary School in Walton. With him in the picture is the Coxswain Frank Bloom who was awarded the R.N.L.I.'s bronze medal for his part in rescuing the crew of the Ypapanti. An anonymous well-wisher made it possible for the painting to be raffled. It was won by Mr, Douglas Garton who has since refused an offer of £50 for the painting. 'To me, it is priceless1, he said..