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The Twin-engined Cabin Cruiser Eldora

CABIN CRUISER TAKEN IN TOW Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 9th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser appeared to have broken down two miles north of Cape Cornwall. She was trying to flash a message by searchlight and a white flag or sheet was being waved. The boat's anchor was not holding, but she was in no immediate danger as the flood tide was taking her north and keeping her off shore. There was a gentle south-east breeze and the sea was smooth. At 8.25 the life-boat Susan Ashley was launched on the flooding tide. On reaching the position given she found the twin-engined cabin cruiser Eldora almost out of fuel with one engine giving trouble. The life-boat took the Eldora in tow and brought her into Newlyn harbour as it was thought that if the wind freshened it might be difficult to bring her into Sennen. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 3.10. The owner of the cabin cruiser made a gift to the life-boat crew and a donation to the branch funds..