RED FLARE At 10.35 p.m. on 29th May, 1966, the assistant honorary secretary's wife informed the honorary secretary that she had seen a red flare in the direction of the bay. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at ii o'clock in a moderate east-southeasterly wind and a rough sea. It was two hours before low water. She found aman in a small boat, and took him aboard. He said that he had ferried one man to the yacht Venturess of Southampton, and was returning to the shore for the second member of the crew when his boat capsized. He had then swum to the boat on which he was found. The life-boat put him on the yacht and then proceeded to check on a police report of flares off Old Harry rocks, but found nothing. She returned to her moorings at 45 minutes after midnight to await the flood tide before rehousing..