Launched 19:40, Rehoused 20:50 Burnham Lifeboat was asked to rendevous with Walton ALB and take over a tow.  This was a 27′ yacht which had left Ramsgate early in the morning, had been aground on account of a mechanical failure before they could hoist the sails and had had difficulty making her way to windward with out the engine. The tow was…

Launched 19:35, Rehoused 21:55 Both boats launched in response to a report that two children were stranded on Rushey Island.  A 12 year old boy and 13 year old girl had been larking in a dinghy which they then found they were unable to row back to the mainland against a powerful ebb tide. They were taken off by the D class, put in survival bags to…

Launched 15:35, Rehoused 17:00 Launched to assist two auxillary sailing yachts.  One had suffered an engine failure while motoring into the Crouch against a powerful ebb tide.  The second had taken her in tow until her engine also failed.  The LB found that the first casualty had dragged her anchor and was now ashore, so the LB crew laid her anchor…

Crew 23:10, Stood down 23:15 Crew were paged for the D class to take over the search for a speedboat which had run aground at speed earlier in the day, as Thames Coastguard had just diverted the Atlantic to another incident. Before the D class could be launched, the Coastguard were able to contact the owner of the speedboat on his mobile phone. His…