The second Hen Island Challenge Race, for home-built craft which have cost no more than £25 and which have never before put to sea, was sailed in Northern Ireland last October; Portaferry D class inflatable lifeboat acted as one of the manv rescue boats. With entrance fees, sponsorship, sale of craft and a Dutch auction, £6,000 was raised to be shared between the Ocean Youth Club, Friends of Mitchell House and the lifeboat service; for the RNLI there was a splendid £3.000. Each gift was presented in a gold coloured hen at a buffet supper party. (I to r) Walter Love of the BBC, Robert McDowell, for Friends of Mitchell House, Dr Barry Bramwell, Hen Island Challenge Race (HICK) committee, a delegate for the Ocean Youth Club, Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet. chairman of the RNLI Search and Rescue Committee, Carol Anne, race secretary, and David Chamberlain, chairman HICR..