equipment can be Dangerously Optimistic .

The crew of six people on the boat, by that name, sent out distress signals for help after the small boat became stranded on the reefs outside of Hog Bay Park in Sandys Parish around 9:45 p.m. on Monday.

The boat was trapped on a reef, eventually becoming lodged 50 feet away from the shoreline of Spring Benny Road. The occupants set off flares and were sending out distress signals for help when Marine Police arrived.

Dangerously Optimistic had been stranded for about an hour. It drifted free, but then became stuck amongst some coral heads. The crew were uncertain about what to do or where to go.

The Police vessel Heron II went to the aid of the vessel. Upon their arrival Police found that the boat did not have adequate life jackets.

Marine Police towed the boat to Elys Harbour. But with the boat unable to start it engines, it was towed to its moorings at Point Shares in Pembroke.

Police cautioned a 20-year-old Pembroke man for not having adequate safety equipment on board his boat.

LOOKING FOR SHOPLIFTERS CRM Looking for shoplifters Police are looking for two men involved in a shoplifting from a Hamilton store.

The incident took place at the English Sports Shop at 4:30 on Tuesday.

Police said the men apparently entered the store and were appearing to browse.

A member of staff was watching them.

One of the men then went and distracted the sales clerk as the other stuffed the two pairs of jeans in a bag he had been carrying. Both men then left the store.

One of the men was described as being dark brown-skinned, approximately five-feet, seven-inches tall and thin. The other was described as approximately six-feet tall and thin.

BUILDER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AC Builder taken to hospital A builder was rushed to hospital after a large table fell on him at the Maritime Museum site yesterday.

It is thought the accident happened when the 20-year-old man bumped into the table while operating a power tool.

He was released from King Edward VII Memorial Hospital yesterday after treatment for rib injuries.

VISITORS HURT IN ACCIDENT AC Visitors hurt in accident A visiting couple suffered injuries in a single-vehicle road traffic accident.

Police attended the accident near the Warwick Bowl in Warwick around 6 p.m. on Monday.

The visiting couple were travelling south and talking as they rode when the husband lost control of the vehicle.

He ran into the sidewalk and then collided with a nearby hedge.

His wife, who was the pillion passenger, suffered a fractured elbow and abrasions to her arms and legs. She was admitted to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for surgery.

The husband was also treated at the hospital for abrasions and later discharged.

In a separate incident, Police received a report that a man was injured in an industrial accident.

The 29-year-old Sandys Parish man was working at a construction site on Rockywold Drive in Sandys Parish on Monday evening. He was trying to put a tarpaulin behind some sheets of drywall single-handedly.

The sheets of drywall then fell on his hand crushing his index finger and severing his index finger from the middle. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

It is not expected that a Health and Safety Officer will become involved due to the nature of the incident.

STUDENT NUMBERS ON RISE ED Student numbers on rise This September Berkeley Institute will open its doors to almost twice as many first-year students as last year.

Therefore the school has applied to the Planning Department for permission to erect a prefabricated classroom on its lower field on St. John's Road, Pembroke.

Education Minister Milton Scott said: "In the past, Berkeley were taking less new students than CedarBridge'', as it was anticipated that Berkeley would phase out classes in preparation to build a new senior school.

But in a bid to help reduce student numbers at CedarBridge Academy, Berkeley agreed to take in 96 students last September.

"In order to redress the imbalance, Berkeley will take more students from the middle school system and CedarBridge will take less (this year),'' Sen. Scott added.

Warwick Academy has also applied to alter and add on to an apartment building to convert it into a sixth-form centre for its post-graduate classes.

THIEVERS AIM FOR VEHICLES CRM Thieves aim for vehicles Car crime hit top gear on the Island yesterday.

Thieves broke into a Nissan Sentra in a parking lot in Par-la-Ville Road, Pembroke to take a mobile phone and sunglasses.

In a similar incident a Subaru Vivio had a CD player, bank cards and a mobile phone stolen while it was parked at Lolly's Road in Smith's Parish.

A Suzuki Vitara jeep had its front grill swiped while parked in Bakery Lane, Pembroke.

And thieves took a wallet with cash and bank cards from a tourist's rented cycle at Horseshoe Bay beach in Southampton.

MAJORETTTES FLY OFF TO CAMP MAJ Majorettes fly off to camp Somerset Cricket Club Trojanettes Majorettes are attending a majorette camp from yesterday to July 14.

The majorettes flew to Florida International University. It will be hosted by the American Dance Alliance.

"My purpose is to give the Trojanette Majorettes a rewarding camp experience and the opportunity to work one on one with some of the activity's best professionals,'' leader Norette Simmons said of her reasons for the trip.

The camp offers technique classes, half-time show routines, personal discipline, performance tips for better shows, how to be a team player, and parents/chaperones workshops.

The American Dance Alliance also has the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in summer camps of that type.

Mrs. Simmons said the Trojanettes were grateful to Meyer Travel, Bermuda Pest Control, Dread and Bahi, and the Somerset Cricket Club for making the trip possible.