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Snuffbox

TWO ON BOARD YACHT At 10.7 p.m. on I3th June, 1964, the coxswain told the coastguard that as a yacht had run aground near St. Helen's Fort and had been firing flares he had decided to launch. At 10.18 the life-boat Cunard, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. There was a light southwesterly breeze and a slight sea, the tide being two hours after low water. At 10.53 the life-boat reported that she had taken the yacht with a crew of two in tow and was returning to her station, which she reached at 11.20. The yacht Snuffbox was moored near the station and the life-boat was rehoused..