Launched 13:40, Rehoused 14:45 B 849 was launched to assist a 34’ yacht whose crew had managed to wrap their cable around the keel while anchoring.  The Lifeboat crew managed to free the chain after which the yacht, with a small baby on board, made her way up river to Fambridge without further…

Launched 15:00, Rehoused 16:00  B 849 launched to assist four people on board a yacht which had drifted ashore on a windless day as they were unable to start the engine on account of a flat battery.  The yacht was too fast aground for the Lifeboat to tow it off the shore, so the Lifeboat crew made sure she was properly anchored and brought…

Launched 11:50, Rehoused 13:05  The IB1, Ernest & Rose Chapman II, was launched to assist a 23’ yacht with a broken mast.  The Lifeboat put a man on board and towed her towards her mooring at Paglesham until the crew had got the rig safely back on board and the yacht was safe to make her own way back to her…

Launched 11:02, Rehoused 13:05  B 849 launched in response to a report that an apparently empty dory was lying on the edge of the Buxey Sands.  The LB crew dragged the dory off the sand and towed it to Essex Marina from where it had gone…