Hearing, on Sunday, July 25, that MFV Mary Sue of Dublin, with five people on board, had engine failure one mile south of Puffin Island and needed help, Valentia's 52' Barnett lifeboat, Rowland Watts, slipped her moorings at 1820 and headed for the casualty at full speed. She arrived alongside at 1940, a line was passed and Mary Sue was taken in tow to Valentia, where she was placed on moorings at 2135.