On September 1, 1976, Walmer ILB and 37' 6" Rother lifeboat Hampshire Rose went to the help of yacht Ay Bee Gee, holed by a baulk of timber.

First, crew members helped her skipper, a Shoreline member who also helps with fund-raising efforts for the RNLI, to pump.

Then, with Ay Bee Gee's crew of five aboard the lifeboat and Second Coxswain Williams aboard the yacht, she was towed towards the beach until, abeam the lifeboat station and just after this photograph was taken, she rolled, lurched and sank on an even keel. Second Coxswain Williams, thrown into the water, was safely picked up in a matter of minutes. A line was passed ashore to secure the sunken yacht, which was later recovered..