Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 5 p.m.

on 18th June, 1967, it was learned that a yacht was in difficulties in the surf one mile east at the No. 8 buoy. The life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched at 5.36in a fresh north west by north breeze and a smooth sea. It was three hours before high water. The life-boat towed the yacht Le Rondel, with three people on board, into deeper water and indicated the way back to Glasgow dock. The life-boat returned to her station at 8.30..