YACHT TOWED FROM DANGEROUS POSITION Selsey, Sussex. At 9.40 p.m. on Saturday the 13th of July, 1963, the Selsey coastguard told the honorary secretary he was not happy about a small yacht in the vicinity of Middle Ground buoy. Later the honorary secretary and the coxswain joined the coastguard and agreed that the yacht was in a dangerous position as the light was poor and the weather forecast was very unfavourable.

The life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 10.17 in a southwesterly fresh to strong wind and a rough sea. It was low water. The life-boat reached the yacht Tear-Away, on passage from Littlehampton to the Channel Islands, just in time, as it was possible that she would have gone aground on the Mixen and broken up very quickly.

Two of the crew of the yacht were seasick.

The life-boat towed the Tear-Away to Portsmouth and returned to her station at half past seven the following morning..