Appledore, Devon - At 2.40 p.m. on 31st August, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Sea Hawk was aground off Down End and that one of the crew had been taken off by a lifeguard in a rubber boat. The life-boat Louisa Anne Hawker slipped her moorings at 2.14. It was one hour before low water. The life-boat came up with the cabin cruiser at 3 o'clock and found her aground amidships on a ridge of rocks. One of the life-boat crew boarded the boat to help her owner who was still on board. The life-boat stood off until there was enough water to allow her to be towed clear. The cabin cruiser then made for Appledore under her own power, escorted by the life-boat, which returned to her station at 5.27..