Members of the RNLI Troon Lifeboat crew were summoned to deal with four callouts in the space of a few hours on Saturday.
On two occasions, dinner and dessert at a local hotel had to be returned to the kitchen — as members gathered for their formal dinner event.
The team was earlier summoned by Belfast Coastguard at 3.43pm, following reports over paddle boarders in difficulties off Pow Burn, south of Troon.
