Aberystwyth D class inflatable lifeboat was launched on the morning of Tuesday January 12 to go out to meet a fishing boat bringing in people from New Quay and taking back medical supplies and yeast. There were breaking seas on the harbour bar and the skipper of the fishing boat had no knowledge of the area. The inflatable lifeboat, manned by Helmsman Thomas Ridgeway and Crew Members David Davies and Peter Heading, launched at 0900 and had returned to station by 1000..