Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 1.35 a.m. on 26th July, 1969, the honorary secretary learnt that the motor boat Sheelina, with two people on board, was hard aground at the foot of the tower on Dalkey island. The life-boat John F. Kennedy slipped her moorings at 1.53 in a moderate south south easterly wind with a choppy sea. The tide was ebbing strongly.

The life-boat came up with the craft at 2 o'clock but was unable to get alongside. She therefore put two of her crew aboard a smaller boat moored nearby, raised her anchor and went alongside the Sheelina. She rescued the two men and returned to her moorings at 4.35. The owners recovered their boat later and adonation was made to the Institution's funds..