Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - At 10.45 P-m- on 2nd July, 1967, a message was received that medical assistance was required for a sick man working on the building of a new lighthouse on Claf Island. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2, with the honorary medical adviser on board, slipped her moorings at n o'clock in a fresh west south westerly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was ebbing. The IRB was also taken as it was nearly low water and this would be the only means of landing the doctor. After examining the sick man, the doctor decided he should be taken to hospital.

The life-boat brought the sick man to the harbour where he was transferred to a waiting ambulance. The life-boat returned to her moorings at 1.30 a.m. on 3rd July. The man's employers made a donation to the Institution's funds..