Margate, Kent. At 1.44 on the after- noon of the 24th July, 1961, the coast- guard told the coxswain that a yacht had grounded on the Hook sands and that her crew of four were trying to refloat her. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 1.54 at low water. There was a smooth sea with a light south-westerly breeze, and the weather was cloudy. A heli- copter from Mansion also took off and lowered a crew man to the deck of the life-boat to investigate. As the life-boat could not close the yacht Benari be- cause of lack of water, the assistant mechanic waded across the shallows to the yacht to give help. The life-boat stood by until there was enough water for the yacht to be refloated, and then escorted her into Margate harbour. The life-boat waited for the ebb tide and reached her station at 9.10..