At 5.14 p.m. on 20th July, 1967, a message was received that a dinghy which appeared to have broken down was under observation about three miles off shore.

On the receipt of further information at 5.33 it was decided to launch. The lifeboat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings in a fresh westerly breeze and a choppy sea. It was shortly after low water.

The dinghy was found at 6.18. Her crew of two were transferred to the life-boat and she was taken in tow to harbour. The life-boat returned to her moorings at 7.4..