Rhyl RNLI respond to two shouts in one evening
Last night, volunteers from Rhyl RNLI were tasked by HM Coastguard to respond to two separate incidents.
On Wednesday 4 June, volunteer crews from Rhyl RNLI were summed by HM Coastguard to reports of a yacht in difficulty. While the all-weather lifeboat was providing assistance, volunteers were once again paged to launch the in-shore lifeboat to a separate incident.
The pagers initially went around shortly after 5:30pm and the crew launched the charity’s all-weather lifeboat to reports of a yacht with one occupant, suffering with engine failure and damaged sails, approximately 25 miles offshore to the north of Rhyl. Upon arrival, the crew found sea conditions were moderate with force 5 wind speeds. Given the yacht’s position and the inoperability of the vessel’s engine, and no othe roptions to get the yacht or person to safety, the coxswain made the decision to take the yacht under tow, heading to calmer waters just off Rhos on Sea. Due to the sea conditions, it took the lifeboat and yacht 4 hours to reach calmer waters, where both were anchored, waiting for the tide to rise, allowing access into Rhyl Harbour. At 5:45am this morning, the casualty vessel safely reached Rhyl Harbour, and the volunteer crew returned to station for recovery, with the boat made ready again for service by 7:30am.
Whilst this was ongoing, volunteers from Rhyl RNLI were tasked again shortly after 10:00pm by HM Coastguard to launch the in-shore lifeboat to a separate incident. The crew responded to this and made it back to the station before readying the boat for service.
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