Whitby: 1235 on Tuesday March 19, 1985. A party of 27 school children with three teachers were reported by a member of the public to be cut off by the tide at Jump Down Bight, 250 yards east of Whitby. Both the relief 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, Wavy Line, on temporary duty at Whitby and the station's 16ft D class inflatable were launched. While the Waveney class lifeboat stood off some 400 yards from the shore, the D class made seven trips ferrying the children from the beach to the 44ft lifeboat. The operation was carried out in a fresh south-westerly breeze, force 5, with four to five foot swell. By the time they were landed back in Whitby the children were cold, wet and several were seasick. The school party was on a visit to Whitby and had planned, later in the week, to pay a visit to the lifeboat station, photograph by courtesy of Whitby Gazette.