Isle of Islay, Inner Hebrides - At 10.45 p.m. on 22nd October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honor-ary secretary that red flares had been reported in the area of the island of Scarba. The life-boat Francis W.

Wotherspoon of Paisley slipped her moorings at 11.15 in a fresh to strong south westerly breeze and a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. The lifeboat proceeded to the island, which is uninhabited and searched the west shore. The search continued until 5.50 a.m. when she came up with a ship's life-boat from the F/eetwood trawler Boston Seafoam which had gone aground on the isle of Jura.

Three men were rescued by breeches buoy. The life-boat then proceeded northwards to a small bay where the second coxswain was floated ashore on the trawler's life-raft. He found the remaining crew of three of the trawler ashore and they were conveyed by the raft to the life-boat.

After a meal the survivors were returned to the Boston Seafoam which had refloated and was sheltering in Bonahaven bay. The life-boat returned to her station at 5 p.m. on 23rd October..