At i p.m. on 5th February, 1965, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had a maternity patient to send to hospital and owing to the nature of the case and the coldness of the weather requested the use of the lifeboat.

There was a moderate easterly breeze and a slight sea. It was low water.

At 2.30 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson proceeded to the mainland with the patient and a nurse on board and landed them at Rossaveel. The life-boat returned to her station at 5.35..