At Tenby branch's AGM the crew presented a cheque for £1,000 towards the cost of an ILB boathouse. The money was raised with football matches, a dance and a sponsored tow of the ILB on her launching trolley to Pembroke Dock and back, more than 21 miles. The crew have also built by their own labour a fully equipped loft in the offshore boathouse; the money needed came from the pooling of exercise and practice payments..