At 11.25 a-m- on 29tn Julys J9653 a sailing dinghy with a crew of two was seen to capsize about a mile off Dawlish.

At 11.45 the life-boat Michael Stephens was launched in a strong westerly wind, moderate sea and ebbing tide. She found that a boat which had put out from Dawlish had taken the dinghy in tow. The life-boat escorted them to Dawlish beach and returned to her station at 1.15 p.m..