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Aurelia

TENDER AND CABIN CRUISER BOTH BREAK DOWN Rhyl, Flintshire. At 9.35 on the morning of the 23rd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tender from the Rhyl yacht club had broken down in an attempt to tow in the cabin cruis"er Aurelia. The Aurelia had also broken down and had anchored off the entrance to the river, but her crew of three had gone ashore. The crew later reboarded the cabin cruiser and signalled for help, and at 11.40 the life-boat Anthony Robert Marshall was launched. There was a fresh westerly wind, a moderate sea and a flood tide. The crew of the Aurelia then restarted their engine and made for the harbour. The life-boat escorted the boat in and reached her station at three o'clock..