Launched 18:32, Rehoused 22:00 A 75 launched to assist a 26 ft sailing yacht with 1 POB who had reported that he was anchored near the Barrow with no engine.  The Burnham LB arrived on scene to find the Southend LB already in attendance (they were waiting for the tide to rise and float off a casualty they had been called to earlier). Burnham LB…

Launched 12:21, Rehoused 15:00 The Atlantic and a rescue helicopter were sent to assist a sailing dinghy reported to be on the Buxey sands with two people in the water nearby. The LB crew found that this was a cruising dinghy on passage from Grays to Maldon via the Ray Channel. As there was not yet enough water to pass over the sands they had…

Launched 21:23, Rehoused 00:15 LB was asked to stand by a 23′ sailing yacht aground on the Swallow Tail Bank. The LB found her on the east side of the Swin Spitway and escorted her into deep water. They then put a man aboard who checked the boat over prior to the LB escorting her to Burnham Yacht Harbour. There were no flares on board the…

Launched 21:50, Rehoused 00:25 Thames Coastguard telephoned the SHS to request that the LB should stand by a yacht, which was aground just beyond Shore Ends as she floated off. The SHS alerted a helmsman to assemble a crew of himself, one steady hand and a probationer to launch shortly before the yacht was due to float off. The LB crew checked that…