Whitstable, Kent - At 6 p.m. on 26th March, 1966, following the completion of a previous service, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man with his five year old son had put off in a small dinghy from Shell Ness and were being swept out to sea by the ebbing tide and offshore wind. The IRB launched immediately in a strong south westerly breeze for Shell Ness. Meanwhile another man, who had put off in his rowing boat to assist the dinghy, was also being swept out to sea. The IRB towed both boats to the beach at Shell Ness, and returned to her station at 7.10 p.m..