Margate, Kent - At 10.14 p.m. on 15th April, 1968, it was reported that a cabin cruiser was aground on the rocks three-quarters of a mile from Foreness point. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 10.30 in a strong variable wind with a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the cabin cruiser Colette half sunk on the rocks. Her crew of two were sitting on top of the wheelhouse. The Margate pilot boat tried to float a life-raft to them. The life-boat fired a line across the boat to the two men but they were unable to seize it. The coxswain therefore took the life-boat 70 yards to the east and veered down on to the Colette. After about 10 minutes the life-boat crew were able to pull the two men aboard over the stern of the life-boat. The life-boat returned to her station at 11.50.

Owing to weather conditions the life-boat could not be rehoused. A further call was then received for the life-boat to search the Joss Bay areafollowing the sighting of flares. The life-boat left at 12.15 a.m. on 16th April and returned at 4.30 without finding any vessel in distress. The two men on board the cabin cruiser Colette made a donation to the Institution's funds..