At 11.40 a.m. on iyth March, 1967, the the local nurse told the honorary secretary that a man who was seriously ill needed to be taken to hospital on the mainland.

The man was embarked and the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson slipped her moorings at 12.15 P-m- m a fresh west north westerly wind and a moderate sea.

It was two hours before low water. She proceeded to Rossaveel where the man was transferred to an ambulance. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 3.45..