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Phyllis

TOW FOR CABIN CRUISER At 7.5 a.m. on ist August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Phyllis was adrift about four miles south-south-east of North Goodwin lightvessel. There was a rough sea with a strong but variable breeze veering from the south-west to the north-west. The tide was three hours before low water. At 7.18 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out and was guided by a helicopter to the Phyllis, which had three adults and one child aboard. The cabin cruiser was taken in tow to Ramsgate harbour, arriving at 11.33..