Launched 18:15, Rehoused 19:50 B 849 the ‘Tony and Robert Britt’, launched to assist a Drascombe Lugger with one person on board. She was struggling to get back into the Crouch with a broken forestay and a wind over tide chop making his small outboard ineffective.  The Lifeboat put a crewman on board and towed him to his mooring off Essex…

Diverted from earlier incident 18:30, Rehoused 21:05  As B 849 was entering the Burnham Fairway with a broken down speedboat in tow, she was diverted to assist a 31’ yacht with a rope round her propeller and unable to sail against an ebb tide with next to no wind.  She left the speedboat on a mooring to be picked up by the IB1 and proceeded…

A85 Launched 17:35, Diverted to another incident 18:.30 IB1 Launched 18.35, Rehoused 19:30  B 849 was launched to assist a 20’ speedboat with an engine breakdown near Shore Ends.  As she was entering the Burnham Fairway, she was diverted to another casualty, so she left the speedboat on a mooring to be picked up by the IB1, which then…

Launched 14:45, Rehoused 18:50  B-849 the ‘Tony & Robert Pritt’s’ first shout was to a 10.5 metre charter angling vessel with an electrical problem that prevented her crew from using their VHF or starting her engines; initial contact having been made by mobile phone.  The Lifeboat located the casualty and put a crew man onboard and then…