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Lifeboat Services (1)

St Mary's Scilly Isles Some idea of the conditions during the Bronze Medal service by the Arun class Robert Edgarto the yacht Sacaro/ecan be gauged from these photographs. The pictures show the moment the 25ft Folkboat was overwhelmed by a breaking sea, carrying away her mast and starting leaks which resulted in her sinking. The survivor is still aboard but was snatched to safety moments later. A full report of the service appears on page 117 of this issue..