Weymouth, Dorset - At 1.48 p.m. on llth March, 1970, the coastguard reported that a small boat was in difficulties in Ringstead bay, one mile off shore. The life-boat Frank Spiller Locke slipped her moorings at 2.1. There was a moderate breeze from the south west. It was low water.

The life-boat came up with the motor boat Weyward with two people on board one mile west of White Nothe.

There was a helicopter overhead. The life-boat took the motor boat in tow to Weymouth, and returned to her moorings at 3.45..