Ramsgate, Kent - At 3.50 p.m. on 9th November, 1969, news was received that a motor boat was drifting in the bay about one mile north east of Ramsgate and was signalling for assistance. The lifeboat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 4.3 in a strong west north westerly gale with a very rough sea. It was one hour before low water. At 4.13 she came up with the motor boat Sunspray II with one man aboard. Her engine had broken down. The life-boat took her in tow, returning to her moorings at 4.45..