	In 1985 "Point Thatcher" was moved to Nokomis, Florida. On 7 May 1985 she rescued three persons from a raft in the Gulf of Mexico. On 2–3 March 1987 she towed the disabled FV "Beach King" from a point 225 miles south of Mobile, Alabama to safety at St. Petersburg, Florida during a storm. Later the same week on 7–8 March, she towed the disabled FV "Miss Ann" and the pleasure craft "Grenada II" to Fort Myers, Florida in 18 foot seas.