St. Ives, Cornwall. At 5.30 p.m. on i8th August, 1964, the bowman told the honorary secretary that a skiff was in a dangerous position in broken water near Hayle Bar. At 5.32 the inshore rescue boat launched in a fresh westerly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was ebbing.

The inshore rescue boat found the skiff with one person on board who was embarked and landed on the beach. The skiff was refloated by the inshore rescue boat crew and made secure for the night in the river Lelant. The inshore rescue boat returned to her station at 6.57..