BOYS ADRIFT At 5.17 p.m. on 27th May, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three boys were adrift in an 18-foot wherry. Despite the light southeasterly breeze there was a thick fog with visibility down to 50 yards and a smooth sea. The wherry's last position was given as about 300 yards off Broadstairs towards the east. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 5.30.

Visibility was down to 20 yards off Dumpton Gap, where the wherry Uncle George was found. Two boys were aboard, the third having been landed earlier on.

The Uncle George was brought to Ramsgate harbour and the life-boat returned to her station at 7 p.m..