Flamborough and Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 5.5 p.m. on i6th February, 1967, a small yacht was reported to be in difficulties off Flamborough Head. The life-boat Friendly Forester was launched at 5.40 into a moderate south south easterly breeze and a very rough sea. It was three and a half hours before high water. The life-boat found the yacht Charon of Styx with one man on board.

The coxswain advised him to proceed to Scarborough in view of the prevailing weather conditions, and the life-boat escorted the yacht to a position two and a half miles off Filey Brigg, arriving there at 7.30. The Scarborough life-boat J. G.

Graves of Sheffield, which had been launched at 6.40, then took over the escort duty and the Flamborough life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 9 o'clock. In the meantime the Scarborough life-boat escorted the yacht into Scarborough harbour and arrived back on station at 8.30..