FULL GALE BLOWING Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 8.10 a.m. on 4th March, 1965, the master of the motor vessel Isborg of Reykjavik radioed that he required a pilot. The vessel was in Ballyheigue bay in a very dangerous position half a mile from the shore. There was a full gale blowing from the north east and a very rough sea. At 9.45 the life-boat Mary Stanford on temporary duty at the station proceeded on the ebbing tide to the Isborg. The first officer of vessel stated over the radio that no vessel could go alongside in the heavy swell. The lifeboat was asked to guide the Isborg to Fenit, where she was berthed at i p.m.

The life-boat returned to her station at 1.30..