From South Rock COASTGUARD ORLOCH informed Cloughey/ Portavogie lifeboat station at 1135 on Monday, February 2, that the captain of South Rock Lightvessel had had a heart attack. As it proved impossible to get a doctor to the harbour quickly, it was decided at 1204 to launch without a doctor, and the 41' Watson lifeboat Glencoe, Glasgow cleared Portavogie Harbour at 1205. The lifeboat arrived at South Rock at 1245, where the weather conditions were rough. The sick man was eventually taken on board and brought back to Portavogie where, at 1330, he was landed into the care of an ambulance..