On the night of 22 June 1988 the fishing vessel Marigold tan on to rocks at Polkirt beach, 500 yards from Mevagissey Harbour and was badly holed. An overnight operation by a local boatbuilder, the coastguards and fire brigade patched the many holes and put four pumps aboard. The Fowey lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II (a 44ft Waveney) was called and is pictured putting another pump aboard before towing the almost sinking fishing boat to a beach in Mevagissey Harbour.

(Photo courtesy ft A. Mutton).