Whitstable’s B class lifeboat Oxford Town & Gown helped save the 1901-built wooden sailing barge Marjorie, which was holed in a collision during a barge race on 9 August. When the lifeboat arrived on scene, Marjorie had already been beached on a sandbank to prevent sinking, but needed the lifeboat crew’s help to pump out the water and repair the 1m-plus gash in her port side. Marjorie was able to make her own way to safety under engine power once she was towed off the sandbank.