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Ton-Up II

Worthing, Sussex. At 1.25 p.m. on l8th May, 1964, the honorary secretary was tojd that a boat had capsized i| miles west of the station. At i .29 inshore rescue boat no. 10 launched in a fresh southwesterly breeze and choppy sea. The tide was ebbing. The inshore rescue boat reached the capsized catamaran Ton-Up II which had torn and twisted sails. The crew of two were taken on board and with the catamaran in tow the inshore rescue boat returned to her station at 2.16..