The Lizard—Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 1.42 a.m. on 29th July, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted five miles west of the Lizard lighthouse.lighthouse.

At 2.10 the life-boat The Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service No. 33) was launched in a north westerly gale with a rough sea. The tide was flooding. A search was made throughout the night, and at daylight a naval helicopter also took part. At 10.47 the tanker Hunter Cambridge reported that she was standing by the yacht, which had fired the flares, 16i miles west south west of the Lizard lighthouse. The life-boat came up with the yacht Susmar at 11.45. She had been unable to make headway in the adverse weather. The crew of two were taken aboard the life-boat and the yacht taken in tow to Kilcobben cove. The life-boat returned to her station at 5 o'clock. A donation was made to the Institution's funds..