Cromarty, Cromartyshire. At 6.24 on the evening of the 5th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man was adrift in a dinghy east of Rosemarkie. At 6.48 the life-boat Lilla Marras, Douglas and Will slipped her moorings on an ebbing tide. There was a light south-westerly breeze and a moderate sea. When the life-boat reached the dinghy it was found that the occupant was ill. He was quickly transferred to the life-boat and arrangements were made for an ambulance to be waiting at the quayside.

The dinghy was taken in tow by the life-boat, which returned to the har- bour at 8.48. The man was then taken to Inverness hospital..