Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 9.36 p.m. on loth June, 1967, it was reported that a cabin cruiser had gone aground in Scratchells bay. After further investigation, the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe and the IRB were launched at 10.59 in a gentle easterly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was flooding. On arrival the IRB went alongside the cabin cruiser Telima, which had been holed and was awash, and rescued the five men and a boy who were on board. They were then transferred to the life-boat which had stood off in the Needles Channel. The life-boat took them to Lymington and then returned to her station, arriving at i. a.m. on nth June..