Four shouts in two hours for Tenby lifeboats
Lifeboats News Release
The evening of Saturday 2nd August turned out to be a busy one, with four shouts in the space of two hours.
The first shout for the inshore lifeboat came at 5.15pm after Milford Haven Coastguard received a call from the RNLI lifeguards at Coppet Hall, requesting assistance with a rubber dinghy with one person aboard that was unable to make it back to shore.
The volunteer crew were soon on scene and assisted the dinghy back to shore.
As they were about to return to station, the crew were alerted to a kayak that looked to be a long way off Amroth. After chatting with the occupant, he confirmed he was fishing and was confident that he was able to make his own way back to shore.
Whilst returning to station, the crew spotted another kayak, this time off Monkstone, that looked to be struggling to make it back to shore. The occupants requested assistance and were brought back ashore. The lifeboat then finally returned to station.
The final shout of the day came at 6.15pm and this time for the all-weather lifeboat, after several reports that smoke had been spotted to the south of Caldey Island.
The lifeboat was quickly on the water and made its way to a position 10 miles south of Tenby to begin their search.
After several hours searching, with no smoke visible and no vessels reported to be in trouble, the lifeboat was stood down to return the now 20 miles back to station, arriving at 9pm.
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