Salcombe, Devon - At 4.10 p.m. on 15th September, 1968, it was learnt that a yacht was in difficulties near Starhole bay. At 4.43 the life-boat The Baltic Exchange slipped her moorings in a strong north easterly breeze with a rough sea. It was low water. Shortly before the arrival of the life-boat the yacht Daphne sank and the crew of two—a man and his wife—scrambled on to the Mewstone rock. The coxswain manoeuvred the life-boat to within 15 feet of the couple and a line was passed to them.

Once on board the life-boat they were given hot soup and the man was treated for abrasions on his hands and feet. The life-boat returned to her station at 5.30 where a doctor and ambulance were waiting. A donation was made to the Institution's funds..