Redcar, Yorkshire - At about 8.50 a.m. on nth March, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that he had seen a small fishing boat in difficulties half a mile off Redcar. At 8.50 the IRB launched in a strong north westerly breeze and corresponding sea. The tide was ebbing. The IRB guided the boats which had shipped a good deal of water, to a safe part of the beach where she was beached with the aid of a line. The IRB returned to her station at 9.10 a.m..