St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.20 a.m. on 2nd September, 1965, the signal station received a message from a yachtsman arriving in the harbour. He had seen red flares about three miles south of St. Martins Point. The life-boat Euphrosyne Kendal left her moorings at 5.40 in a strong north-easterly wind and a rough sea. It was low water. A Dakota aircraft was also engaged to search and her crew informed the life-boat that the yacht had been sighted eight miles south of St.

Martins Point. The life-boat made for this position and found the yacht Merlin with a crew of four. Her mainsail had split, and she had engine trouble. The Merlin was taken in tow to St. Peter Port harbour, arriving at 9.22 a.m..