Dover, Kent - At 9 a.m. on 14* April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht, with a crew of four on board, off Shakespeare cliffs had sent up distress flares. The lifeboat Southern Africa left her moorings at 9.34 in a snowstorm. There was a gale force easterly wind and a rough sea. It was two hours after high water. The lifeboat found the yacht Mer Gaspard, which had been blown off course while sailing from Calais to Nieuport, Belgium, anchored between Shakespeare cliffs and Admiralty pier. She towed her to a safe position in Dover Inner Harbour, and returned to her moorings at 11.30..