Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 1.18 p.m. on ist January, 1967, the coastguard informed the assistant honorary secretary that a small boat appeared to be in distress and that coastguards were going to Vicar's Point to investigate. The coastguard telephoned the second coxswain at 1.55 to say that the boat could not be seen from the shore. The life-boat Charles Fred Grantham was launched at 2.15 as there was a possibility that the boat had been blown well out to sea by the offshore wind. There was a moderate north westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was three hours after high water. She found the boat with a crew of two on board four miles east of Chapel Point. The two men were taken off by the life-boat which took the casualty in tow and returned to Skegness, arriving at 4.30..