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Olivier

Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 5.30 on the evening of the 27th of September, 1958, the motor mechanic told the coxswain that the cabin cruiser Olivier needed help off Skegness. At 5.50 the life-boat The Cuttle was launched in a heavy ground swell. There was a moderate south-easterly wind and a flood tide. The yacht, which had her American owner aboard, had engine trouble and was towed to Wanfleet haven. The life-boat reached her station at 8.30. Rewards to the crew, £9 16s. re- wards to the helpers on shore, £4 10s..