HIGH AND DRY Margate, Kent. At 11.22 a.m. on l6th August, 1964, Mid Barrow lightvessel reported that a yacht was ashore at North Shingles sands. It was low water with a moderate sea and a light southeasterly breeze. A helicopter which had joined the rescue operation reported that there was no immediate danger. At 12.40 p.m. the life-boat North Foreland, (Civil Service No. 11) was launched, and at 2.30 found the yacht high and dry on the sand.

The boat had a deep draught and some difficulty was experienced when the tide began to flow. The wind had become a moderate easterly breeze with surf on the sands causing the yacht to hammer and break an anchor cable. At 5 p.m. she was floating satisfactorily and the life-boat guided her to deeper water so that she could continue her passage to Rochester.

The life-boat returned to her station at 7.15..