Four shouts this week for the Lymington crew
On Sunday 10 August at 9.38pm the Lymington RNLI voluntary crew was requested to launch to a broken down vessel near Totland Bay.
On arrival the boat had been towed into shore by another vessel and the crew were stood down.
On the Friday 15 August at 12.54pm the coastguard requested the immediate launch to a mother and child on a paddleboard stuck in a rip current West of Hurst Beach on the Western side of the spit.
Given the nature of the rescue the lifeboat was quick to launch and made its best speed to the location given by the Coastguard. Further update from Coastguard mother and child were out of the water, and a doctor had checked them over and given them all clear no further assistance required.
The Lymington lifeboat was entering Lymington River when they had a second request to assist a 44 foot yacht with three people onboard with a rope around the propeller and rudder in the shipping channel at Hurst Castle. The vessel had put out a pan pan call to the coastguard. Once on scene two crew members were placed onboard to help take down sails and secure the tow. Once undertow the lifeboat took them out of danger and towed them to the moorings outside Yarmouth Harbour.
Helm Phil Baker, Declan O’Riordan, Ben Jefferies, Ted Ward.
Suzanne Brown, Lifeboat Press Officer, Lymington Lifeboat Station [email protected].uk
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