Gabvay Bay. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 22nd October, 1961, the local doctor requested the use of the life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, to take him to Inishmaan to attend a seriously injured man. As there was no other suitable boat available, the life-boat crew and a doctor left in the boarding boat for the life-boat. By the time they had boarded the life-boat the wind had reached hurricane force, and as there was no chance of landing on Inishmaan they remained on board until ten o'clock, by which time the storm had abated somewhat. At 1.30 the next afternoon, when the weather had im- proved considerably, the life-boat left her moorings for Inishmaan with the doctor. The injured man was taken to Rossaveel, and the life-boat reached her station at six o'clock..