YACHT CAPSIZES
Boys Rescued By U.S. Craft Two boys, aged nine and 10. were picked up by a landingcraft from the icebreaker Edisto of the United States Navy after their small yacht capsized in Corsair Bay yesterday afternoon. Neither was hurt. The landing craft was on a trial run It was under the command of Bosun’s Mate Third-class Ronald Mallett. There was a crew of five The two boys were taken aboard the landing craft and the crew tried to right the yacht However, they were unable to do this and they towed it to shore.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29391, 19 December 1960, Page 16
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