St. Helier, Jersey. At 6.45 a.m. on 22nd June, 1965, the honorary secretary heard from the harbour office that the S.S. Tryonia was going to the help of a yacht which seemed to be in distress about three and a half miles west of Grosnez Point. The life-boat Lloyd's, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings at 7.7 in a south-by-westerly wind of near gale force and a rough sea.

It was two hours after low water. When the life-boat reached the position the Tryonia had the nine ton sloop Natasha of Beaulieu in tow, but in view of the weather conditions the tow was transferred to the life-boat which brought the sloop with four people on board safely into St. Helier harbour. The Natasha had been on passage from Alderney to Jersey and had got into difficulties in heavy weather when her jib had blown out. Her crew had spent the night being driven by gale force winds between Corbiere and Grosnez and were exhausted. A letter of appreciation was received by the coxswain of the life-boat from the skipper of the sloop..