Whitby, Yorkshire. At 4.10 p.m. on yth June, 1965, the police notified the honorary secretary that a yacht off Sandsend was signalling and needed help, so at 4.30 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched. There was a light southeasterly breeze and a slight sea. It was an hour to low water. The life-boat found the motor yacht Selina, of Sandsend, with a crew of four on a sandbank to the northwest of Sandsend. Her engine had broken down and she had dragged her anchors.

The life-boat's bowman went on board and the life-boat pulled the yacht clear of the sandbank and towed her to Whitby, which was reached at 5.15 p.m..