PILOT CUTTER'S REPORT At 8.14 p.m. on 4th September, 1964, .the coastguard told the honorary secretary that Nab pilot cutter had reported a dinghy adrift but was unable to help.

It was two hours before high water with light airs from the west and a smooth sea.

At 8.28 the life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched but because of thick mist could not locate the dinghy. At 10.44 the u'fe' boat reported to the coastguard that two people had been rescued from the dinghy, which had been taken in tow. The lifeboat returned to her station at 12.5 a.m..