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A Yacht

Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 2.15 p.m. on I9th June, 1966, a report was received that a capsized yacht was adrift one mile east of the lookout. There was a strong southerly wind with a choppy sea. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick proceeded at 2.20 on the ebbing tide and found a capsized catamaran. There was nobody on board and the life-boat started to search the area for survivors in conjunction with a helicopter. After a time a message was received by R/Tfrom the coastguard that the crew of the casualty had been rescued by a local boat off Kessingland. The life-boat took the catamaran in tow to Lowestoft, arriving back at her station at 4.15..