Whitstable, Kent. At 7.5 p.m. on I7th August, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Philandees which had gone aground on the "street" at low water was now drifting out to sea, that her anchor was not holding, and that her engine had broken down.

At 7.15 the inshore rescue boat launched in a strong south-westerly breeze and rough sea. The tide was flooding. The inshore rescue boat took off one of the two members of crew, and a helicopter, which had taken off from Mansion to help, took off the second crew member. The inshore rescue boat returned to her station at 745-.