Launched 18:34, Rehoused 23:50 B 733 was launched to assist a fin keeled yacht reported to be aground on the southern edge of the Maplin Sands.  The Lifeboat found her high and dry on the south western edge of the west Barrow bank and stood by until there was enough water to float the casualty and then towed her into deep water.  The yacht then…

Launched 15:25, Rehoused 17:47 Thames Coastguard phoned the Lifeboat Operations Manager to ask if he was prepared to launch the Atlantic 75 to a yacht aground on the Buxey Sands as there were force 7 winds forcast.  It was decided that the Lifeboat would be reasonably sheltered under the lee of the Bank and that the water would not be too rough…

Diverted from exercise 10:15, Rehoused 11:05 B 722 was diverted from exercise to rendevous with a police RIB, which was standing by a 26′ power cruiser that was thought to be out of fuel.  The police boat was on her way to exercise on the Blackwater and could not spare the time to tow the casualty to Burnham.  The Lifeboat put a crew man on board…

Launched 17:50, Rehoused 18:05  Both boats were launched following a report that a young man had called a friend by mobile phone to say that he was in a small inflatable dinghy with a broken down engine and clinging to a buoy in the Burnham Fairway.  There was a considerable choppy sea left over from a wind over tide situation earlier in the…