Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 2.32 p.m.

on igth July, 1964, the coastguard heard that a sailing dinghy with three people on board had capsized one mile north-east of Skegness pier. At 2.38 the inshore rescue boat launched in a moderate offshore breeze and calm sea. The tide was full. The inshore rescue boat took in tow the dinghy, with her crew of three, beached her north of the pier and returned to her station at 3.15..