Walton and Frinton, Essex - At i.io p.m. on I7th March, 1967, news was received that a party of students were about to leave the beach at Frinton on a raft to go to the radio transmitting station Radio London. They were told that it was considered that such a trip in the weather conditions prevailing would be inadvisable and the honorary secretary went to the beach. On arrival he found that the raft had left with eight people on board, and as they were then approaching broken water and the raft was low in the water, the life-boat Edian Courtauld left her moorings at 1.40. There was a strong to gale force westerly wind and a rough sea. It was two hours before high water.

The raft was reached one and a half miles off the beach and the eight students were taken on board. The raft was taken in tow to the Eastcliff breakwater, and the life-boat reached her station at 3.38..