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My Heart's Content

YACHT FOUND CLOSE INSHORE UNDER CLIFF Hastings, Sussex. At 8.15 on the morning of the 22nd October, 1962, a yacht was seen close inshore under the cliffs between Hastings and Ecclesbourne Glen. There was a light eastsouth- east breeze and the sea was choppy. At 8.30 the life-boat M.T.C.

was launched. She found the crew of the auxiliary motor yacht My Heart's Content effecting engine repairs and learnt that they would soon be able to get under way. After warning the yacht's crew of two that they were in a dangerous position the coxswain decided to stand by until the yacht was clear of the shore and able to proceed on her way. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 9.2..