Lowestoft: On Monday May 14, 1984, a 17ft motor cruiser, with one man on board, suffered engine failure off Pakefield Beach; she was driven ashore and on to a groyne by the fresh north-easterly breeze. Reaching the cruiser at 1744, Lowestoft's 47ft Watson lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick, under the command of Coxswain Peter Gibbons, anchored and veered down towards her but could not get right close in. Assistant Mechanic Shane Coleman therefore jumped over the side and swam to the cruiser to get a line on to her. She was pulled off the groyne and, after her skipper, who was suffering from exposure, had been taken aboard the lifeboat, she was towed safely to Lowestoft. photograph by courtesy of Emergency Mechanic William Keith.