At 6.55 p.m. on I5th July, 1967, it was reported that a boat was in difficulties off Bray. The life-boat John F. Kennedyslipped her moorings at 7.6 in a fresh south easterly wind and a choppy sea.

The tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the motor boat Black Maria with three people on board at 7.35. Her engine had broken down. One member of her crew who was unwell was taken on board the life-boat, and the casualty was taken in tow to Dun Laoghaire. The life-boat returned to her moorings at 9 o'clock..