Weymouth, Dorset - At 6.50 p.m.

on 29th May, 1966, a yacht reported that the folk-boat Huckleberry Finn was dismasted and adrift about eight and a half miles south east of the Shambles lightvessel.

The life-boat Frank Spiller Locke left at 8.55 on an ebbing tide. There was a strong easterly wind with a rough sea.

The life-boat carried out a search in conjunction with other vessels and a helicopter but without success and returned to harbour at 2 on 3Oth May to refuel. At 6 p.m. a further message was received from the coastguard that a boat answering the description of the Huckle- berry Finn had been sighted 20 miles south of Portland Bill. The Frank Spiller Locke set off again at 6.25 and continued to search, making extensive use of her radar. At 6.26 a.m. on 3151 May the frigate H.M.S. Malcolm, which had also joined the search, located the boat and took her in tow. The life-boat met the frigate and took over the tow, bringing the Huckleberry Finn safely to Weymouth harbour at 11.10 a.m. The life-boat was engaged in the search for the yacht for almost 35 hours..