Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset-At 11.35 p.m. on I2th April, 1966, the Barry coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two men in an open fishing boat were overdue. They had left the River Axe at midday, intending to return at dusk.

After making further inquiries, the lifeboat Calouste Gulbenkian was launched at 12.25 a.m. in a fresh north-easterly wind and a moderate sea. It was high water.

The search was successful as the boat Kincora was found anchored at the seaward end of the Brean Down. The occupants said that owing to the condition of the sea they were unable to return to Uphill as planned. The boat was towed to Knightstone, where the two men were landed. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.25..