STRANDED When on service at the Calf of Man on i6th April, 1966, a request was made by a party of students, who were stranded on the island owing to the weather conditions, to be taken off as they had run out of food.

As conditions had not improved overnight, on i yth April the honorary secretary agreed that the life-boat could be used. The R. A.

Colby Cubbin No. 2 left her moorings at 9 a.m. in a strong easterly wind and a moderate sea. It was high water. She took the boarding boat with her as she could not go alongside the landing stage on the island.

The life-boat reached the island at 9.40 and the students were embarked by 10.45. She then returned to Port St. Mary and disembarked the party..