HELICOPTER FOUND THEM At 12.15 a.m. on 8th August, 1964, a local resident told the honorary secretary that he was anxious about the safety of a friend and his son who were fishing in a small dinghy. They had been out since 6 p.m. the previous day in a smooth sea with a gentle westerly breeze. The tide was at high water. At 12.45 trie life-boat A.M.T.

began searching as far as Kish lightvessel without success. At dawn the coxswain asked for the assistance of a helicopter, which found the missing boat at 8.25.

The helicopter winched up the boat's crew and took them to Baldonell while the lifeboat towed the fishing boat back to Howth by 11.20..