Ramsey lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley class James Ball Ritchie, setting out from harbour on April 10, 1986, in a north-easterly near gale to go to the aid of a cabin cruiser broken down 13 miles off the coast of the Isle of Man.

In very rough seas the lifeboat passed a line aboard and towed the cabin cruiser safely into Peel harbour.

photograph by courtesy of B. Grensell.