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A Dinghy (2)

FUEL SHORT Selsey, Sussex. At 12 noon on 29th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had capsized off Aldwick Bay Estate. There was a strong north-easterly breeze and a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. A small dinghy put out to help but because of the rough sea the life-boat Canadian Pacific was also launched at 12.15. The dinghy had the casualty under control, so the life-boat went to the assistance of another small outboard dinghy which was in danger of being driven out to sea by the strong off-shore wind. The two occupants told the coxswain that they were almost out of fuel, so the life-boat helped them back under the lee of the shore and returned to her station at 1.45 p.m..