Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 3.20 p.m.

on 5th July, 1964, the coxswain of the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell, which was on a publicity launch with several passengers on board, noticed that a small dinghy with a crew of two was being driven into surf by the strong westerly breeze. The life-boat was not able to take the dinghy in tow without causing the passengers aboard to get wet, so a diesel launch which was accompanying the life-boat towed the dinghy to the life-boat. The life-boat then towed the dinghy up the channel to smooth water..