Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 8.30 on the evening of the 14th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat was in difficulties off North Head. A strong south-south-westerly wind was blow- ing with a very rough sea. At 8.38 the life-boat Mary Stanford, on temporary duty at the station, put out on the flood- ing tide. On reaching the position given the life-boat found the small motor boat Zelda with her engine broken down. Her crew of two were taken on board the life-boat. With some diffi- culty because of the sea conditions the life-boat towed the Zelda to Larne, where the two men lived. Here the life- boat crew were given a meal by a harbour engineer at Larne, and the life- boat returned to her moorings at five o'clock in the morning..