What a race! Holidaymakers joined local well wishers on the harbour bridge to cheer two rafts in a race which took them the length of Lake Lathing, around the derelict trawler Yellowtail and back to the starting point at the bridge. Teams from the Bank Stores public house and the lifeboat crew took part, with the nautical expertise of the lifeboat crew taking them first across the finishing line. The race was in aid of the Lowestoft lifeboat appeal.

photograph by courtesy of Lowestoft Journal.