CREW FOUND LATER At 2 p.m. on 8th August, 1964, the skipper of the Yarmouth to Lymington ferry told the honorary secretary that he had seen a capsized dinghy about one mile west of Lymington river. There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a choppy sea. The tide was ebbing. At 2.7 the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe was launched. She eventually located the sailing dinghy Philomel about two miles west of Jack-in-the-Basket. A search was made for the crew, but they could not be found and the life-boat was recalled.

Later it was learnt that they had been picked up by another boat and landed at Buckler's Head. The dinghy was towed to Yarmouth and the life-boat reached her station at 4.25. The owner of the sailing dinghy made a gift to the life-boat crew..