CREW MEMBER LOST AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 9.11 on the evening of the 7th April, 1963, Valentia radio informed the honorary secretary of a message received from Reenard Point stating that a small boat with ten people on board had capsized in the ferry. There was a light easterly breeze with a smooth sea. The life-boat Rowland Watts put out at 9.55 on an ebb tide and began to carry out an extensive search using her searchlight and parachute flares. Several small boats put out from Valentia, which rescued three men and recovered three bodies. Four survivors managed to swim ashore. One of the men who lost his life, James Lynch, was a regular member of the life-boat crew and was on board the casualty when she capsized. The assistant mechanic of the life-boat was also on board the casualty but managed to swim ashore. The lifeboat reached her station at three o'clock..