Troon, Ayrshire - At 9.30 p.m. on 22nd March, 1967, a message was received that blood plasma was urgently required at Lamlash. The life-boat James and Barbara Aitken, with the plasma aboard, slipped her moorings at 10.6 in a strong westerly breeze and a choppy sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat arrived at Lamlash at 12.8 a.m. on the 23rd March and she returned to her station at 2 o'clock..