Diverted from earlier incident 14:05, Rehoused 14:35 When it was apparent that they were not going to be able to refloat a swamped boat from which the A75 had previously taken the crew; the IB1 was tasked to assist another Squib aground about 5 minutes away.  They towed her off the mud and back to her own mooring in Burnham…

Diverted from earlier incident 12:07, Rehoused 14:45 When the IB1 had arrived at the sinking Squib in the earlier incident, the Atlantic’s salvage pump was transferred to the IB1. The Atlantic 75 then went to assist a yacht aground in a confused wind over tide sea on the edge of the Foulness Sands.  The Lifeboat put a crew member onto the…

Diverted from exercise 12:07, Diverted to another incident 13:15 The Atlantic 75 was on exercise when she was tasked to assist a 19’ Squib day boat which had been swamped while racing.  The crew took the two people on board onto the Lifeboat and towed the casualty into shallow water to prevent her from sinking.  The Lifeboat was then…

Launched 11:20, Rehoused 13:00 The Lifeboat was launched to assist a 30’ powerboat that was anchored close to the Outer Crouch buoy with a ruptured oil pipe. This had preventing her owner from starting her engines and so the Lifeboat secured a tow and took her to a place of safety before returning to the station to be refuelled and made ready…