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Andrea

Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 11.40 p.m. on 15th June, 1968, thecoastguard told the coxswain that a cabin cruiser had broken down off Pistyll beach. The life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched at 12.5 a.m. on 16th June in a light east south easterly breeze and a smooth sea. It was then two hours before high water. As nothing was found in the area indicated, the search was extended eastwards and at 3.30 the cabin cruiser Andrea with two people on board was sighted three miles north of Bodelias Head. Her engine had broken down. The life-boat took her in tow to Porthdinllaen and returned to her station at 6.35..