Engine broken down ON TUESDAY, MAY 11, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Tenby lifeboat station at 1337 that a motor yacht, Jondee of Saundersfoot, was in trouble 300-400 yards off Lydstep Head, some five miles west of the lifeboat station. Her engine had broken down and she was dragging her anchor.

There was a moderate south-westerly breeze and the tide was four hours flood. Had Jondee continued to drag her anchor she almost certainly would have been wrecked on Lydstep Head, where heavy surf was breaking. She had a crew of two and eleven other people on board.

The 46' 9" Watson lifeboat Henry Comber Brown was launched at 1347, closed the casualty at 1415 and took her in tow to Saundeisfoot, where they arrived at 1515. The lifeboat then returned to her station and was rehoused at 1630..