When four of the fishing cobles were out fishing on the 5th January the sea became heavy, and the danger flag, intimating that it was not safe for them to enter the harbour, was hoisted.

Shortly after one o'clock it was seen that the cobles were making for the Harbour, and it was deemed expedient to launch the Life-boat Forster Fawsett.

The crew were assembled and the boat launched. She stood by each boat as she came in, and although the boats entered safely, the necessity for the Life - boat being in attendance was shown when one coble was nearly capsized by four successive heavy seas..