Launched 16:30, Rehoused 17:36  B 733 was launched to assist a gentleman who had swum ashore from his yacht, which was at anchor off the Quay on Foulness Island with a rope around its propellor, and walked about a mile to the nearest public telephone from which he had called the Coastguard.  Cold and disorientated, he had been picked up by a…

Launched 17:28, Rehoused 18:45 B 733 was launched to assist a small cabin cruiser with a broken down outboard motor ‘at anchor near the goal post on Foulness Island’.  The Lifeboat found the casualty on the north side of the river opposite the distinctive structure on the MOD range. After finding that the engine had overheated to the extent that…

Launched 21:20, Rehoused 22:35 Both boats were launched to search for a 76 year old man who was about 3½ hours overdue at home after spending the day on his yacht which he kept on a mooring at Paglesham.  A Police helicopter with heat seeking equipment had searched the River Roach and failed to find him.  The Atlantic found the yacht on its…

Launched 11:55, Rehoused 13:12 The Lifeboat launched to check out a vessel aground on the Ray Sands, as a passing vessel had seen her crew walking on the sands some distance from their boat and were afraid that they could be cut off by the rising tide.  The casualty was a 19′ Sandhopper dayboat with bildge keels on passage from Mayland to…