Launched 15:15, Rehoused 17:40 Launched to assist a 26′ yacht with two people on board anchored in seven metres of water with an unservicable engine and a blown-out headsail.  The Lifeboat found the yacht being towed back into the Crouch by another yacht and on ascertaining that all was well for the time being was then asked by the Coastguard…

Launched 22:17, Rehoused 22:35 B 733 launched following a report of a fire opposite the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. The informant was not sure if the fire was on the shore or on a boat.  The Lifeboat found a group of four anglers with a bonfire and advised them to put it out as the vegetation on the river bank was tinder…

Launched 13:50, Rehoused 18:30  Launched to assist a yacht aground to the south of the Ridge Buoy and asking for assistance.  The Lifeboat saw no damage and estimated that the yacht would be afloat in about 2 hours and told the Coastguard that the crew were happy to wait for the tide.  However the Coastguard asked them to stand by until she…

Launched 19:52, Rehoused 21:06 Both boats were requested following a report that a young man in a dinghy had boarded a number of moored yachts at Hullbridge.  He was still in his dinghy acting erratically and was possibly drunk.  The Atlantic launched and proceeded up river to keep an eye on him while the D class waited at the station to pick up…