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Pace

Swanage, Dorset - At 6 p.m. on i6th July, 1967, news was received that the yacht Pace was broken down and becalmed and in danger of being swept on to the rocks at Anvil Point. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 6.10. It was one hour after high water. The casualty was found about a mile west of the Anvil with the assistance of direction finding equipment.

Visibility was down to about 100 yards. She was taken in tow to Swanage Bay and the life-boat returned to her station at 7.37..