Appledore, Devon - At noon on 29th September, 1967, while returning from an exercise with the R.A.F., the coxswain of the life-boat Louisa Anne Hawker saw a sailing cruiser ashore in broken water on the North Tail.

There was a moderate south westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat towed the vessel clear of the broken water and took her to her moorings. The lifeboat returned to her station at 1 o'clock..