Lymington RNLI called to a sinking boat
On the 31 August at 7.10pm Lymington lifeboat was tasked with an immediate launch to a sinking boat with 3 people in the water.
The station launched its inshore lifeboat B-882 David Bradley, crewed by helm James Lever, Simon Nuding, Ted Ward, Leon Hockley. Yarmouth All weather lifeboat was also training in the Solent and was also tasked to assist.
The lifeboat proceeded at top speed to the given location by the Coastguard, near Lymington Bank. Communication came through that the casualties had been taken in onboard by another yacht. The lifeboat placed a crew member onboard to check the 3 casualties and given casualty care. The lifeboat checked to see if the boat was visible but it had completed sunk.
The casualties were kept on the yacht and escorted back to the Royal Lymington Yacht Club. Casualty Care was give to all three and one person was transferred over into the care of the ambulance service.
Helm James Lever said, “The casualties did exactly the right thing in calling for help when they did and were all wearing lifejackets. We don’t know what caused the boat to sink, but the Solent experienced some sudden usual weather conditions last night.”
Suzanne Brown, Lifeboat Press Officer, Lymington Lifeboat Station [email protected].uk
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