Wicklow - At 11.25 P-m- on 25tn August, 1966, the coxswain was told that a man had fallen overboard from a yacht.

The life-boat J. W. Archer left her moorings at 11.50 in a gentle easterly breeze and a choppy sea. It was four hours after high water. The life-boat proceeded to a position two miles north of the harbour and came up with two motor boats carrying out a search. One of the boats reported that she had lost a man overboard while trying to refloat a yacht. The life-boat proceeded to the position of the yacht and found that the missing man had managed to reach the shore safely. An attempt was made to refloat the yacht but this was abandoned and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at i a.m.

on 26th August. The J. W. Archer proceeded at 6 o'clock to the position of the yacht and refloated her on the flood tide.

With the yacht in tow, the life-boat returned to her moorings, arriving at 7.30..