Margate, Kent - At 9.10 a.m. on 9th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a yacht was aground on Margate Sands. The IRB was launched at 9.20 in a light south westerly breeze and a smooth sea. It was low water. When she reached the casualty, the yacht Depaky II of Santiago, the owner requested assistance. The IRB stood by and summoned the life-boat. The lifeboat North Foreland (Civil Service No. Ii) was launched at 9.55. A member of the life-boat's crew was put aboard to assist the yacht's crew and she was taken in tow to Ramsgate. The IRB returned to her station at 10.55 and the life-boat at 3.30..