RNLI Angle's all-weather lifeboat was launched on Sunday to go to the aid of a yacht, which was taking in water about a mile west of St. Ann's Head. The yacht, with five persons on board, was making her way under her own power and another vessel was standing by the casualty. The Tamar class lifeboat Peter and Lesley-Jane Nicholson, on relief duty at Angle, was launched at 3.14 pm. She reached the scene, about 1.3 miles south of St. Ann's, in 14 minutes and transferred a crew member to make assessments. It was concluded that the yacht's own hand and portable pumps were coping with the ingress of water. But, as little headway was being made, the lifeboat took the yacht under tow up the Milford Haven Waterway to Lawrenny, where the owner had made arrangements for the vessel to be lifted out of the water. During further investigations, while under tow, it was evident that a wooden frame had cracked and with weight on the mast, due to the sail being set, added pressure was allowing the yacht's planks to flex and let in water. At the entrance to Lawrenny, the lifeboat released the tow and recovered her crew member. The yacht then made her own way alongside the quay to wait lifting out and the lifeboat was released at 5.35 pm to return to her station.