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Joles

LEAKING PETROL TANK At 9.57 p.m. on 27th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat in Seaford Bay was flashing SOS. The tide had been rising for three hours; there was a slight sea with a gentle westerly breeze. At 10.10 the life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched and 10 minutes later she found the outboard motor boat Joles with three adults, two children and a baby on board. There was a leak in the petrol tank of the Joles and at 10.50 the life-boat entered the harbour with the outboard motor boat in tow. At ii p.m. she returned to her station..