Torbay lifeboat Ralph and Bonella Farrant returns to Torquay Harbour with the French racing yacht Corum and her 12-man crew in tow. The 45ft sloop had been in danger of foundering on the rocks off Hopes Nose after her rudder snapped in a force 8 south westerly gale—gusting to storm force 10—on June 6, 1987, during the 195-mile Admiral's Cup qualifying race for the De Guingand Bowl. Although initially intending to anchor to the east of Thatcher Rock, to await a tow from the harbour tug Pendragon, the Corum began to drift towards danger and it was agreed to launch Torbay lifeboat at 1009. A tow was successfully connected and the yacht was taken into the harbour without further incident, arriving at 1120..