Rhyl, Flintshire. At 11.19 a.m. on 3ist August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a yacht anchored off Rhyl had fired a red flare. The life-boat Lucy Lavers, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a strong north-westerly wind and a rough sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat found the yacht Taka Maru with her mainsail torn, the staysail blown out and fouling the anchor chain. Her propeller had also been fouled. The coxswain took the lifeboat alongside the yacht in difficult conditions - a very heavy sea was running - and rescued her crew of two.

They were very exhausted and were given hot refreshment. The life-boat returned to her station at 3.25 p.m..