WHITE FOR DANGER At 6.32 p.m. on the same day, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a catamaran lay beached at Scratchells bay near the Needles; her crew were flying a white shirt at the mast and she was apparently damaged. There was a strong north-westerly breeze with a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. At 6.50 the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe proceeded with inshore rescue boat no. 20 in tow. At 7.15 the life-boat approached the catamaran but stood off from the shore because of the swell while the inshore rescue boat went in. The three members of the crew of the catamaran Jumpahead were taken off the beach by the inshore rescue boat and ferried out to the life-boat. The inshore rescue boat returned to the beach where her crew secured a tow line, fired from the lifeboat, to the catamaran. The Jumpahead was towed to Keyhaven, and the life-boat returned to her station at 9.15..