Margate, Kent. The honorary secretary was notified by the coastguard at ii.12 p.m. on 8th June, 1965, that flares had been observed about one mile off Margate pier. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. ir) was launched at 11.31 on the ebbing tide. There was a light west-south-westerly breeze and a smooth sea. A flare was seen north-northwest of the pier and the life-boat found a motor boat, Chuff Chuff, with three men on board. They had been fishing and could not start the engine when they wished to return. The life-boat towed the motor boat to Margate Pier and returned to her station twenty minutes after midnight..