Weymouth, Dorset - At 10.44 a.m. on 31 July, 1968, it was learnt that a cabin cruiser was firing flares a hundred yards off Portland Bill.

The life-boat Frank Spiller Locke slipped her moorings at 10.58 in a strong northerly wind with a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the cabin crusier Kelt Isle II with four people on board. Her propeller had been fouled by lobster pot lines. The life-boat took the cabin cruiser in tow to Weymouth and returned to her station at 2 o'clock. The owner made a gift to the crew..