Aground on rocks A MEMBER OF LYME REGIS inshore lifeboat crew informed his honorary secretary at 1300 on Sunday, July 18, that a cabin cruiser was being driven on to Broad Ledge Rocks, half a mile east of the ILB station, and that one of her crew was waving a red flag.

There was a moderate south-westerly breeze, excellent visibility, a choppy sea and it was high water when, at 1305, Lyme Regis ILB was launched. She found an 18' cabin cruiser, Kathleen, with five people on board, aground on rocks on a lee shore.

Kathleen was carefully edged off the rocks and, with her crew still on board, taken in tow by the ILB to Lyme Regis Harbour, where they arrived at 1340.

The ILB was then rehoused and made ready for service..