BERTHED SAFELY At 1.30 p.m. on 23rd October, 1964, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that heavy seas were running on the harbour bar and two fishing boats were still at sea. There was a north-westerly gale with very rough seas and it was ij hours past low water. At 1.31 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched. She reached the bar in time to escort the motor fishing vessel Ocean Venture into harbour. The other vessel, Lead Us, which was farther from the bar, was advised to make for Scarborough but decided to enter Whitby. She almost broached to at the entrance but, regaining control, berthed safely. The life-boat returned to her station at 3.50..