Launched 10:52, Rehoused 13:50 B 733 launched to assist a 30′ powerboat which had lost the drive to both her propellors after hitting a sand bank at speed.  As the Lifeboat was towing her back into the river, the Coastguard asked them to check out a speed boat which had run out of fuel.  The Lifeboat therefore towed the first casualty to a buoy…

Launched 16:14, Rehoused 18:20 B 733 launched initially to a yacht which had reported that she had fouled herself on something near Holliwell, but on hearing that she had resolved her problem, the Coastguard then asked the Lifeboat to check out a 23′ bilge keel yacht aground on the Edge of the Maplin sands with two people on board and a 16′ dayboat…

Launched 22:25, Rehoused 23:20 Both boats were launched to search for a 25′ open Bayliner with three people on board, who had reported by mobile phone that they were lost, while trying to return to West Mersea.  It was just beginning to get dark.  The phone company had been able to give the Coastguard an approximate position off Foulness and as…

Launched 21:18, Rehoused 23:00 The Atlantic 75 B 733 was launched to assist a 25′ speedboat anchored near Fambridge with no drive to her propellor.  When the Lifeboat arrived on the scene, it turned out that the drive shaft was broken, so the Lifeboat towed her to the public slip at Hullbridge where her owner had left his…