Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.

At 1.35 on 29th May, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was reported in difficulties off Towyn beach. The life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched at two o'clock in a fresh to strong north-easterly wind and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing.

The life-boat found the cabin cruiser Gladys Too of Beaumaris with her engine broken down and four people on board.

The cabin cruiser was taken in tow to Porthdinllaen, but as the strength of the north-easterly wind had increased it was decided to take the Gladys Too to the more sheltered harbour at Caernarvon.

When they arrived there was not enough water to put her in the dock. The lifeboat therefore towed the cabin cruiser to Port Dinorwic..