Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 8.17 on the morning of the 15th August, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message from the Bailey lighthouse that the Arklow lightvessel had picked up a sailing boat with five people aboard.

The services of the life-boat were called for to land them. At 8.40, when the tide was half flood, the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a moderate sea. The life-boat made for the lightvessel and took on board the five rescued people, who proved to be a man and four boys. She then re- turned to her station with the sailing boat in tow, arriving at 12.30..