YACHT GUIDED TO HARBOUR IN POOR VISIBILITY Margate, Kent. At 9.23 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Whitstable harbour master had reported that a small yacht had capsized a quarter of a mile off Whitstable pier.

At 9.59 the life-boat North Foreland {Civil Service No. 11) was launched.

There was a strong south-westerly breeze and a rough sea with heavy rain.

The tide was low. The life-boat searched and found a small sailing yacht at anchor, with a crew of two, a quarter of a mile north of Whitstable harbour.

The yachtsmen said that they had not seen any yacht capsize, but asked the life-boat if she would guide them into the harbour because of the poor visibility.

The life-boat guided the yacht to Whitstable and there learnt that this was the yacht which had been reported to have capsized. No other boat had been reported missing, and the life-boat therefore returned to her station, arriving at 5.30 in the morning. The weather was too bad to allow her to be rehoused at once, and she remained in Margate harbour and was rehoused at 5.30 in the evening, when the weather had improved..