Shout: Fouled Propellor and Rudder

By Claire Rawlinson | August 20, 2011

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…

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Shout: Machinery Failure

By Claire Rawlinson | August 20, 2011

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…

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Shout: Machinery Failure

By Claire Rawlinson | August 13, 2011

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…

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Shout: Rowers in Distress

By Claire Rawlinson | August 6, 2011

Launched 23:28, Rehoused 00:26  Both Lifeboats were launched to search for two persons who had been carried beyond their yacht by the tide while attempting to row back to their yacht after a trip ashore.  They had managed to grab hold of and climb onto a yacht some distance down tide as they drifted past.  The Lifeboat located them…

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