At 8 a.m. on I4th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser, the Cera, was making heavy weather on passage from Calais to Ramsgate. Later the South Goodwin lighrvessel reported that the cruiser had made fast alongside and was being buffeted by big seas. The skipper requested life-boat assistance as the crew and some of the passengers were suffering badly from sea sickness. The life-boat Charles Dibden (Civil Service No.

32) was launched at 11 o'clock in a strong southerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat escorted the cruiser into Ramsgate harbour and returned to her station at 3.30 p.m..