Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 8.55 on the evening of the 6th May, 1961, the Civic Guard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning flares about four miles north-east of the harbour.

There was a south-by-west gale with a rough sea. It was showery with poor visibility and the tide was flooding. At 9.14 the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched and on reaching the position found the motor cruiser Falcon in tow of the fishing vessel Pride of Ulster.

One of the fishing vessel's crew had been put on board the Falcon to help the owner and his wife, but the weather had deteriorated. The life-boat rescued the three people and returned to her station at 10.45. The Falcon became a total wreck..