Buckie, Banffshire - At 12.20 a.m. on 10th September, 1967, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht or fishing boat was in distress in the vicinity of Covesea Skerries, Lossiemouth. The life-boat Laura Moncur slipped her moorings at 12.35 in a light westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was flooding. The position of the yacht was given as a quarter of a mile north west of Covesea Skerries. The life-boat had difficulty in locating the casualty as it had no light?. The searchlight and three flares were used in the search. A flare was then seenin a south west by south direction.

The life-boat came alongside a 25-foot boat with four men on board.

Her engine had broken down. She was anchored in six feet of water 20 yards from the Skerries Reef. The life-boat took the men on board and towed the boat to Buckie. The lifeboat returned to her station at 5.30..