Fire at sea 'Very competently handled,' was the verdict of Portpatrick's honorary secretary after his crew put out a blaze aboard the yacht Roimbahn.

with three men and two dogs aboard, on 24 August.

The survivors were all transferred to the relief lifeboat from the tanker Glemfyne which had picked them up from their liferaft after they had abandoned the yacht.

The fire was doused and the yacht towed safely to Portpatrick..