Troon, Ayrshire. At 11.50 on the morning of the 4th June, 1961, a message was received from the resident doctor at Lamlash, Arran, asking if the life-boat would take two doctors from Troon to Lamlash to perform an operation, as there were no sailings from the mainland on a Sunday. There was a light westerly wind, and the sea was smooth. The tide was flooding. At 3.30 in the afternoon the life-boat James and Barbara Aitken put to sea with two doctors on board. She reached Lamlash at 5.17, and then made for Brodick to await the doctors' return. At 8.20 that evening the doctors were re-embarked, and the life-boat returned to Troon, arriving at 10.10..