Margate, Kent. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had capsized and her crew of two were in the water one mile off Birchington. Ten minutes later the life-boat North Fore- land (Civil Service No. 11) was launched in a moderate sea, with a moderate south-easterly wind blowing and an ebb tide. The life-boat made for theposition and found the sailing dinghy Rabbit on her side, with a man hanging on to her who was trying to right her.

The man told the coxswain that he would be in no danger once the dinghy had been righted. The second member of the crew, a woman, had been rescued by the sailing dinghy Ozeezark, which was lying a little way off. There had also been a dog on board the Rabbit, which had swum ashore. The life-boat crew helped the man to right the dinghy and bale the water out. The man then boarded her and the Ozeezark towed her to the beach, escorted by the life- boat. The life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 6.30. Rewards, £13 16s..