This photograph by Mr. Ronald E. Turner of the R.N.L.I.'s hull drawing office staff shows one of the Institution's McLachlan fast rescue boats—the fast R.N.L.I, rescue craft to be specifically designed for the Institution with a glass-reinforced plastic hull. The type—she has an overall length of 18ft. 6 in. and a speed of 22 knots—was ordered in September, 1969, and was designed by Mr. J. A. McLachlan of G. L.

Watson & Co. of Glasgow. Costing about £5,000 each, the craft have been built by Messrs. William Osborne at Littlehampton, and early this year it was announced that the R.N.L.I, had agreed to allow the company to take 12 McLachlan hulls from their mould for commercial purposes. This followed the satisfactory completion of the boat's evaluation trials..