Launched 17:18, Rehoused 17:45 Launched to assist a 23′yacht which had reported to the Coastguard that it was at anchor near Fambridge with an engine problem.  They had sorted their problem and made their own way to West Wick Marina by the time the Lifeboat had arrived on the scene, so the Coastguard released the crew to return to…

Launched 17:20, Rehoused 18:45 The Lifeboat was launched to assist a 19′ yacht which had reported losing her rudder while sailing near the Inner Crouch buoy.  When the Lifeboat crew arrived on the scene, they found that the blade had become detached from her rudder and towed her alongside the Lifeboat to the pontoon at Prior’s Boatyard in…

Launched 09:00, Rehoused 10:05 The D Class was sent to investigate an unattended dinghy on the sea wall some 1/2 mile down tide from the Burnham Fairway. When the Lifeboat arrived, a Southend Mobile Coastguard Unit was already on scene and it was decided that, as the painter was frayed and broken, the dinghy must have broken free from its parent…

Launched 14:20, Rehoused 14:50 The Atlantic 75 launched following a report that three children were in difficulties swimming near the Ferryboat Inn at  Wallasea.  The Lifeboat crew met the informant, who was one of a group of four swimmers who had been swimming from a private beach the other side of the river at Althorne.  He said that he had…