Coverack, Cornwall. At 2 p.m. on 2nd September, 1965, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that the 12- foot dinghy Paris Girl had left Coverack at 10 a.m. intending to return by noon.

There were two people on board and the boat had an outboard motor. In view of the increasing northerly wind the relatives of the crew of the dinghy had become anxious. At 2.35 p.m. the life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched in a rough sea. She found the dinghy near Porthallow with her engine broken down. The life-boat took the dinghy in tow to her station, arriving at 5.5 p.m..