At. 1.30 p.m. on 9th August, 1966, a dinghy was seen in difficulties in the Rock Channel. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett left her moorings at 1.45 and proceeded in a strong south south easterly wind and a rough sea. It was two hours before high water. The dinghy with one man on board was towed to New Brighton, and the life-boat returned to her moorings at 2.45..