Eastney, Hampshire - At 3.10 p.m.

on i4th May, 1966, a member of the IRB crew informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized off the Royal Marine Barracks. At 3.15 the IRB was launched in a moderate south westerly breeze and corresponding sea. The tide was flooding. The IRB took the two crew members of the sailing dinghy Tiffy on board and the dinghy in tow. A helicopter winchman tried twice to lift the capsized dinghy's mast but the dinghy rolled over. The IRB returned to her station at 4.25. At 4.27 the IRB escorted another sailing dinghy to the beach, finally returning to her station at 4.50 p.m..