Hoylake, Cheshire - On the morning of 31st October, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that a motor cruiser was stranded off Spencer Spit. The West Kirby IRB was towed to Hoylake by road and launched at 11.25. There was a strong north westerly breeze with a rough sea. The tide was flooding. She made for a dinghy with a man on board which had left the motor cruiser Jepa II.

The man was returned to the motor cruiser by the IRB to await a tow.

Then the IRB went back to her station at 12.30 p.m. The Hoylake life-boat Oldham IV was launched five minutes later. She came up with the cabin cruiser at 12.55 and took her in tow to safe moorings at Hoylake, returning to her station at 1.30..