Hoylake, Cheshire - At 4 p.m. on 24th June, 1967, while the life-boat Oldham IV was returning from an exercise, a small rowing boat with four youths on board was sighted in the vicinity of Prestatyn buoy about a mile off shore.

There was a moderate south south easterly breeze and a slight sea. It was one and a half hours before high water. When the life-boat came up with the rowing boat they found four youths on board.

The boat was being rowed by two of theyouths who were inexperienced oarsmen and were unable to make headway against the stiff off shore breeze. The four youths were taken on board the life-boat and their boat was towed to within a hundred yards of the shore. They were then put back on board their boat in order to row the short distance to the beach. The lifeboat returned to her station at 7 o'clock..