Severe Weather Hits Yacht Blyth's all-weather lifeboat, one of the victims of the hoax call on the previous page, is pictured towing a yacht to safety on 17 October last year after she had fallen foul of suddenly deteriorating weather. The yacht was only a few miles to the (south of the harbour, but with winds of 35 knots gusting tc swell she was in da The lifeboat took through heavy seas from the breakers in 50, rough seas and a heavy iger of being swept ashore, her in tow, brought her back the size of which can be seen :he photograph - and returned her safely to her m< rina berth just under an hour after leaving her mooring..