Yarmouth, Isle of Wight- At 11.10 a.m. on 2nd April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a canoe had capsized near ScratchelPs Bay.

The two crew members, who were clinging to the canoe, were being swept by the tide towards the beach. At 11.20 the IRB launched in a fresh southerly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was ebbing.

The IRB took the two people, who had reached the beach, on board and returned to her station at 12.10 p.m. The canoe was recovered later by a local boatman..