Margate, Kent - At 6.46 p.m. on 15th August, 1969, it was learnt that red flares had been sighted. Thelife-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. It) was launched at 7.1 in a moderate north north easterly wind with a corresponding sea. The tide was ebbing. At 7.30 she came up with the yacht Contest of Kent one and a half miles north east of the North Foreland lighthouse. The yacht had two adults and two children on board. She had a fouled propeller and rudder. A life-boatman boarded the yacht and cleared a rope which was jamming the rudder. He also gave first aid to the two children. As it was low water at Margate the yacht was taken in tow to Ramsgate. The life-boat returned to her station at 12.35 a.m. on 16th August. A gift was made to the crew of the life-boat..