On the bar THE SERVICE BY FWLLHELi lifeboat and Criccieth ILB to the yacht Zircon during the early hours of September 1, 1977, was reported in the winter 1977/78 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. Zircon, with four people on board, had run aground inside the bar of Porthmadog Estuary in a fresh to strong south-westerly wind; the tide was at half spring ebb. While Pwllheli lifeboat stood by, helping whenever possible with her searchlight, Criccieth ILB successfully negotiated the rough water over the bar and, taking one adult and one child each time, made two trips up the difficult channel to land them at Ynys Cyngar just south of Porthmadog. During both of these passages the ILB crew had frequently to go over the side to drag the boat, with the survivors and a considerable amount of water on board, over and around the sandbanks.

For this service the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded to the crew of Criccieth ILB, Helmsman James Owen and Crew Members Kenneth Roberts and Robert D. Williams..