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Scarab

Mudeford, Hampshire. At 2.13 p.m.

on I2th April, 1964, inshore rescue boat no. 7 was launched to aid the yacht Scarab, which, with a crew of two on board, had run aground on the bar. There was a moderate south-westerly breeze and the tide was ebbing. The crew of the Scarab were taken on board the inshore : rescue boat and she returned to her station at 2.30..