New Brighton, Cheshire - At 4.41 p.m.

on 18th October, 1969, a message was received that a boat appeared to be in difficulties half a mile west of the Rock light. At 4.55 the life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings in a strong south westerly wind with a moderate sea. It was high water. At 5.6 she came up with two boats—the trimaran Devil Woman which had run out of fuel, and a cabin cruiser with engine failure. At 5.30 the lifeboat took both boats and eight people in tow to safety, and returned to her moorings at 5.40..