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Blue Peter

Howth, Co. Dublin - At 10.35 P-mon I4th July 1966, Baily lighthouse watchkeeper informed the honorary secretary that a yacht two miles eastward appeared to have broken down and was flashing a light. The life-boat A.M.T. left her moorings at 11.10 in a gentle southwesterlysouthwesterly wind and a smooth sea. It was one hour after high water. She went alongside the yacht Blue Peter and secured a tow line. The life-boat then towed her to Howth harbour, returning to her station at 12.16 a.m. on i5th July..