Having launched at 1045 on a routine training exercise, at 1100 the lifeboat was requested to assist a 25' motor boat 300 yards off the West Beach, Whitstable. A person had been seen in the water next to the craft, waving for assistance.

On arrival the lifeboat crew discovered that the boat had been trying to anchor, but the anchor had dragged and fouled one of the yellow 8 knot speed limit buoys. The person in the water had been trying to free it. 

The man reboarded his craft, and a lifeboat crewman was able to free the anchor. The motor boat then moved to an alternative location to anchor, and the lifeboat returned to station.