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TWO MEN RESCUED AFTER DINGHY CAPSIZES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 18th August, 1962, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the sailing yacht Barbecue, which had a crew of two, had capsized in the Needles channel south of Hurst Point. At 3.20 the life-boat S.G.E. put to sea with the second coxswain in command. There was a light south-westerly breeze, the sea was slight, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat picked up the two yachtsmen, righted the dinghy and towed her to Yarmouth, arriving at 6.50..