Seaham, Co. Durham - At 8.1 p.m.

on 26th July, 1966, a yacht about one mile offshore, to the north of Seaham, was seen to be making heavy weather. The Sunderland IRB was requested to investigate.

As the yacht was closing shore fast it was decided to launch the Seaham lifeboat.

The life-boat The Will and Fanny Kirby was launched at 8.35 in a moderate north-easterly wind and corresponding sea. The tide was flooding. She reached the yacht Sirius, which was very close to the rocky shore, and took her in tow to Seaham. The life-boat returned to her station at 10 o'clock..