YACHT FOUND WITH HEAVY LIST Margate, Kent. At 5.48 on the evening of Wednesday the 4th September, 1963, the coastguard passed an anticipatory message to the coxswain stating a sailing yacht was nearing the northwest Margate Sands, about three miles north-west of the lookout. At 6.10 the yacht was reported aground. Although the weather was fine the coastguard reported that he was worried about the safety of the yachtsmen, as the boat had developed a 40 degree list and might not refloat on the flood. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 6.55. It was then low water with a slight sea and a moderate breeze from the south-west. An hour and a half later the life-boat got to within 300 yards of the yacht Freya, of Gillingham, which with a crew of two was on passage from Dover to Gillingham.

With the aid of the loud-hailer instructions were passed to the yacht on how to get the vessel upright. About nine o'clock the life-boat came alongside as the yacht started to float. The owner expressed his gratitude for the coxswain's instructions and asked for a course to Sheerness. After the yacht had been seen into deeper water the lifeboat returned to her station, arriving at 10.20..