Fleetwood, Lancashire - At i .20 p.m.

on 4th September, 1966, a yacht was seen being driven ashore on Pilling sands. At 1.30 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched in a southerly gale and a rough sea. It was one hour before low water.

The yacht, with three people on board, was towed to Jubilee quay. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.50..