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Date	11th August 2007
Casualty	Yacht aground
Wind	E 1
Launch time	1751
Recovery Time	2049
Crew	Seth Gleeson, Henry Thomson, Richard Curtis
Details The Lifeboat launched to assist the 34' yacht "Swiss Miss", which had run aground east of the Spile buoy. As the vessel could not be safely towed off, the lifeboat stood by the casualty at the request of the coastguard until the vessel could refloat on the rising tide. At 20:28, the yacht was refloated and, after checking the boat and crew were unharmed, the lifeboat returned to station.

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