Swanage, Dorset. At 5.42 p.m. on 2nd May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Brumby was sending a Mayday message that she was ashore in Studland Bay. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at six o'clock in a gentle south-easterly breeze, a choppy sea and a flooding tide. Visibility was very poor. It was decided to search the Milkmaid sandbank to the southwest of Poole bar buoy first, and as the yacht had radio telephony the life-boat was able to obtain accurate D/F bearings and she was found with little difficulty.

The Brumby refloated on the rising tide, and as her owner was uncertain of his position because of the fog the life-boar escorted the yacht to Poole, arriving at 7.25. Because of the easterly swell and bad visibility the life-boat remained at Poole and returned to her station on the 3rd May. The owner of the yacht sent a letter of appreciation and made a donation to the Institution's funds..