LOWESTOFT | 6 JUNE
After a Dutch yachtsman failed to reach his destination and days of radio silence passed, a Coastguard aircraft spotted him drifting 14 miles off Lowestoft. Coxswain John Fox launched with his fellow crew members and says: ‘The sailor was pleased to see us and told us that he had been at sea for 3 days and had become becalmed.’ The lifeboat crew connected a tow and pulled the sailor with his yacht into harbour.