Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 3.10 p.m. on gth August, 1966, a small yacht was reported to have capsized between the lookout and Walton pier. The lifeboat Edian Courtauld left her moorings at3.24 in a moderate to fresh south westerly wind and a rough sea. It was four hours after low water. She proceeded to the yacht and took off the two occupants.

The casualty was then towed towards the Albion beach. A little way off shore the life-boat handed over the yacht to the crew of a dinghy who had rowed out. The dinghy's crew landed the yacht and hauled her up the beach. The life-boat, meanwhile, had landed the survivors and returned to her station, arriving at 4.30..