Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 3.50 p.m. on 16th April, 1969, the coxswain/mechanic of the life-boat reported that a catamaran which hehad been watching throughout the day had broken adrift. The life-boat Charles Fred Grantham was launched at 4.25 in a light north north westerly breeze with a choppy sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat came up with the catamaran Determination, carrying four men, three miles south east of Skegness and took her in tow to Gibraltar point. The life-boat subsequently investigated the reported sighting of a red flare. No trace of a casualty was found, and she returned to her station at 7.30. One of the men rescued made a donation to the Institution's funds..