Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 2.15 p.m. on 29,th May, 1965, the fishing boat Norseman was reported aground on the Spur of Muckle. The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) was launched at 2.30. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze and a moderate sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat found the Norseman with one man on board, another man having swum ashore and reported the grounding. The life-boat stood by and eventually towed the Norseman off, and at 7 o'clock returned to her station..