DOCTOR ON BOARD At i p.m. on 28th February, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a seriously ill patient needed immediate hospital treatment. There was a strong south-westerly breeze with a moderate sea, and the tide was flooding.

As no other boat was available, the lifeboat Mabel Marion Thompson set out at 2.15 with the patient and doctor on board. The patient was landed at Rossaveel and taken to hospital by waiting ambulance. The life-boat returned to her station at six o'clock..