Launched 19:59, Rehoused 23:10  The Lifeboat was launched to assist a fin keeled yacht aground at the entrance to the Crouch. The Lifeboat found her close to the Ray Channel Buoy and stood by while the last of the tide ebbed and then flooded enough for her to float off.  The Lifeboat put a crew man aboard the yacht to check that she wasn’t…

Launched 19:16, Rehoused  21:28  The Lifeboat was launched to assist a 40′ fishing vessel reported to be sinking on its mooring.  When they arrived on scene they found a police RIB already in attendance. The fishing vessel had fallen over while lying alongside the pontoon at Brandy Hole Yacht Club and filled through her skuppers as the tide…

Launched 13:30, Rehoused 14:35  The Atlantic 75 was tasked to meet up with a 54′ yacht on which a crew member had been injured.  The young lady had been down below receiving the spinnaker through the companion hatch prior to repacking it when a gust of wind filled the sail above deck, and dragged part of the sail below deck through the hatch,…

Launched 22:34, Rehoused 23:10  Thames Coastguard received a 999 call from a person on the Quay at Burnham who had heard cries for help from the water.  One of the Burnham Lifeboat Deputy Launch Authorities who has an office on the Quay, responded to the page and authorised the launch of both boats and then took a powerful torch from his office…