Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 3.30 p.m. on nth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that some concern was being felt for two men in a small yacht off Walton pier. The men had hailed fishermen on the pier and were obviously exhausted. One was sick. The men were bound for Harwich from Canvey Island, their boat was leaking, and the engine was giving trouble. Within a few minutes of sailing a man was seen waving an oilskin. The life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched at 4.40 in a gentle north-easterly wind and a slight sea. It was high water. The yacht Wild Goose was taken in tow at 4.53 but due to the poor condition of the yacht the life-boat was obliged to make a slow tow. They arrived in Harwich at 5.54, moored the casualty alongside the Navy Yard Wharf, and then the life-boat returned to Walton.

She arrived at her station at 8.12..