When William Goodwin, aged 8, and his sister Maureen, aged 6, were on holiday at Lancing, Sussex, they launched a small boat they had found on the beach and were swept out to sea on 17th September, 1968.

After two hours they were found bobbing about in choppy seas by the Shoreham IRB. Said Maureen (pictured left): 'I don't like boats'..