Walton and Frinton, Essex - at 10.48 a.m. on 3oth July, 1967, it was learnt that a motor cruiser with engine trouble had made fast to the Kentish Knock lightvessel and that the master of the lightvessel had requested that the lifeboat tow the casualty ashore. The life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, proceeded at no'clock in a moderate west south westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was one hour before low water. The life-boat took the motor cruiser Qui Vive in tow to Walton backwaters. The life-boat reached her moorings at 7.45 p.m..