Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 7.21 p.m. on 8th July, 1966, a fishing boat was seen firing distress flares two miles off Llangelynin point. The life-boat The Chieftain was launched at 7.34 in a gentle westerly wind and a moderate sea. She found the m.f.v. Violet Sinclair seven miles south-west of Barmouth. Her engine had broken down. A bather had swum out to inform the casualty that the life-boat had launched. He was in an exhausted condition and the life-boat returned him to the shore. She then returned to the casualty and towed her to the harbour. The life-boat arrived back on station at 10.30..