[5] In response to the boom of water-based leisure activity in the 1950s and 60s, the RNLI introduced a small fast inflatable 2-man lifeboat at many stations.

Able to be launched by 2 or three people in just a few minutes, and with a crew of just two or three, the advantages over the regular All-weather lifeboats was clear, and the ideal solution to be able to provide a fast response to inshore incidents.

[7] A B-class (Atlantic 21) would be placed on service in 1976, and the following year, a new brick-built boathouse was constructed, to house the boat, and provide better crew facilities.

The boat was replaced by the B-class (Atlantic 85) lifeboat Jean McIvor (B-922), which had been at the station since December 2020, but had training delayed due to Covid.

Mrs McIvor, who died in 2017, had been a radar operator for the Women's Royal Air Force during World War II.