Launched 15:22, Rehoused 16:25 Thames Coastguard paged the SHS to authorise the diversion of the D Class, which was already launched on exercise, to check out and assist a powerboat aground on Bridgemarsh Island. It was just after highwater on a spring tide and the island was completely covered with water. The tide was now falling fast. On hearing…

Launched 12:00, Rehoused 12:30 A 75 launched to assist a speed boat with a broken down engine in the Middleway.  A passing vessel took the casualty in tow, so once the Coastguard were sure that all was the well, the Lifeboat, which was about half way to the reported position of the casualty, was sent back to…

Launched 16:24, Rehoused 17:47 A 75 launched to assist a small powerboat unsure of her position some where on the Dengie flats to the north of the entrance to the Crouch. A fog was coming down and visibility was reducing fast. The boat was found by the Bradwell Coastguard Sector Officer who had taken his Landrover onto the sea wall. He talked the…

Launched 21:08, Rehoused 21:30 Launched to assist a 21ft Coribee sailing yacht, which the steward of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club had reported drifting with no lights amongst the moorings in Burnham Fairway.  There was one person on board, and with no wind, he was drifting on the tide.  The lifeboat towed him and his vessel to Essex Marina at…