On the night of Sunday May 28 Bridlington ILB launched to go to the yacht Pinkers ablaze in North Bay. The yacht's crew of nine had taken to their dinghy but could not propel her and both boats were drifting together with wind and tide. Despite heat, smoke and fumes, the ILB got a rope aboard the dinghy and towed her clear. Seven people were taken aboard the ILB, the remaining two being towed in the dinghy until all could be transferred to a motor cruiser, Southwold, and put ashore. photograph by courtesy of Arthur Dick.