In February, 1964, it was decided to award a certificate annually to the writer of what is in the Institution's opinion the best factual newspaper account of a service by a life-boat.

The Institution carefully studied the entries submitted for 1967 and decided to give the award to Mr. Ron Fosker of Clacton, the writer of the account of the service by the Clacton life-boat to the catamaran Yana which appeared in the East Essex Gazette on 20th October, 1967. Mr. Fosker learnt of the award on his 21st birthday..