TWO PEOPLE CUT OFF BY TIDE Dover, Kent. At 5.42 on the evening of the 15th June, 1963, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that two people were cut off by the tide between Dover and St. Margaret's Bay. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 5,50 in a light south-westerly wind and a moderate sea, with a small boat in tow. It was half an hour before high water. When the life-boat reached the position the small boat was used to ferry the two people to the life-boat, which then returned to her station, arriving at 7.30..