Launched 20:25, Rehoused 21:32 The IB1 Lifeboat was called upon to assist a Squib that had run aground on the Redwood Flats in the River Crouch. When the Lifeboat reached the vessel, she had managed to float off. A tow was secured and the Lifeboat towed her back to the moorings at the Royal Corinthian Yacht…

Launched 20:00, Rehoused 22:00 The Atlantic 75 Lifeboat ‘Brandy Hole’ returned to assist the previous vessel which had run aground with the damaged rudder. The tide had reloated her and the Lifeboat towed her back to her mooring at Priors Boat…

Launched – diverted from previous shout, Rehoused 17:00 Whilst the Atlantic 75 Lifeboat was attending to the vessel with the broken mast, it was diverted to another yacht with four people on board, which had missed a tack and had run aground and damaged its rudder. As there was insufficient water to tow the vessel off the sands, two people were…

Launched 14:21, Rehoused 17:00 Atlantic 75 Lifeboat ‘Brandy Hole’ was called to assist a Yacht that had suffered a broken mast due to high winds with four people on board. The vessel had come into difficulty in the region of the Outer Crouch Buoy. When the Lifeboat reached the stricken vessel, it secured a tow back to Priors Boat…