New Brighton, Cheshire - At 7.38 p.m.

on 21st September, 1969, the coastguard reported a cabin cruiser in difficulties off New Brighton slipway.

The life-boat Norman B. Cor left slipped her moorings at 7.59 in a gale force north westerly wind with a rough sea. The tide was flooding.

She came up with the cabin cruiser Lara, with a crew of two on board, and towed her with her crew to moorings. The life-boat returned to her station at 9.25, and at 10.30 the life-boat's boarding boat went out to the moorings and assisted the crew of the Lara to beach their boat..