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The Motor Boats Seagull and Jennifer

St. Ives, Cornwall. At 3 p.m. on 34th June, 1965, a member of the inshore rescue boat crew waS informed that' an flntboard motor boat had .broken down <$E St. Ives Head and that another motor boat had gone to, her assistance. On investigation it was noticed that the occupants of both boats were waving for help. The IRB was launched at 3-ib in a gentle to moderate south-south-westerly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The IRB came up with the motor bbats Seagull and Jennifer, each of which had three people on board. They were" taken into the IRB which then returned with the two motor boats in tow, teaching her station at 4; 10 p.m..