At 8.7 p.m. on 7th July 1966, it was seen that a cabin cruiser about two miles off shore had her ensign at half mast and was flashing an Aldis lamp. There was a gentle north-north-westerly wind and a choppy sea. The life-boat Edian Courtauld proceeded at 8.24 and soon came up with the motor boat Leomar. The Leomar, which had run out of fuel, had seven people on board. She was taken in tow to Harwich, arriving at 11.30. The life-boat reached her station at 12.35 a-m- on 8th July..