Wells, Norfolk - At 1.40 p.m. on 3oth July, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that flares had been seen off Old Hunstanton and that a small boat was within 50 yards of the shore.

The life-boat Ernest Tom Nethercoat was launched at 2 o'clock in a gentle south westerly breeze and a smooth sea. The life-boat searched inshore between Thornham and Old Hunstanton but found nothing. The boat was eventually located about three miles off Brancaster.

When the life-boat came up to the boat the crew said they were lost and wished to be escorted to harbour. The life-boat escorted the boat as far as the entrance to Wells harbour, and then put the second coxswain on board to take her in. The lifeboat returned to her station at 6.30..