Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 5.55 on the evening of the 27th May, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the steamer Clan Mclver had picked up a rowing boat with one man on board and had asked if the life-boat would take him ashore. A moderate northerly wind was blowing with a slight sea and the tide was flood- ing. At 6.15 the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2 put to sea. She met the Clan Mclver about six miles south of Port St. Mary. The man was taken aboard, and with the rowing boat in tow the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 8.30..