Launched 13:16, Rehoused 16:12 Walton and Burnham lifeboats were launched to assist a 21’ angling boat anchored between the S Whittaker and N Middle buoys and unable to start their engine on account of a flat battery.  The Burnham Lifeboat arrived on scene a couple of minutes before the Walton ALB and found that the casualty was an open boat…

Launched 14:56, Rehoused 16:15 B733 launched to assist a 22’ sailing yacht that had rund aground in the Roach with an unserviceable engine.  When the Lifeboat located the casualty vessel, she was towed off the mud and back to her mooring off Prior’s Boatyard in…

Launched 13:52, Rehoused 14:20 B733 launched to assist a 26’ powerboat with two people on board, which had run aground in the region of Bridgemarsh Island and unsure of their exact position.  The Lifeboat found that they had run aground on the island itself which was covered with water right at the top of one of the biggest spring tides of…

Launched 12:31, Rehoused 13:45 The Atlantic 75 B733, Brandy Hole, launched to assist the helmsman of a Dragon class day boat, who had sustained a head wound during an involuntary gybe.  The Lifeboat crew took the helmsman on board and applied a dressing before taking him to meet an ambulance at Essex Marina, whilst the Dragon was sailed back to…