Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 12.22 p.m. on I3th August, 1965, two red flares were fired from a motor boat about one mile north of Llwyngwril. The lifeboat The Chieftain was launched at 12.30 in a fresh to strong easterly wind and a choppy sea. The tide was ebbing. She found the local fishing boat Violet Sinclair with her engine broken down. A crew of four were aboard. The Violet Sinclair was taken in tow, arriving at Barmouth at 2.30 p.m. A gift was made to the life-boat crew by the owner..