Yellow Welly Treasure Hunt Winners visit the RNLI
The two local children, William Sanders and Grace Irish were the winners of the Penarth RNLI Charity’s Yellow Welly Treasure Hunt, and they collected their prizes at the station on Saturday 6th September.
There was plenty to see and do when William and Grace came to the station as it was also the same time that the crew were gathering for a social BBQ. The Lifeboat Operations Manager, Phil Lay presented the prizes to them in front of the Station whilst sitting on the D-Class lifeboat, Spirit of Penarth II.
The crew had invited family and friends and other RNLI Penarth volunteers to a barbeque. Because of the wind, the boathouse was cleared, and the guests were set up inside. More than fifty people were gathered.
The afternoon was enjoyed immensely with appreciation from Kath, one of the non-operational volunteers heard to say ‘I want to say thank you on behalf of all the non-operational volunteers of RNLI Penarth for the invitation to the crew barbecue yesterday. I have heard many comments from those that were there, not only about the quality of the food and the way it was cooked and served, but also the opportunity for people to get together and their partners to be involved.’
Later the same evening, the volunteer crew were requested by HM Coastguard to assist with a search for a member of the public, a swimmer seen entering but not exiting the water near the pier. The D-Class was launched at about 6.30pm and searched for an hour, nothing was found and the boat stood down.
The second was a few minutes later to a report of a broken-down yacht drifting towards the shallows north of Cardiff docks. When the Atlantic 85 Maureen Lilian arrived on scene the skipper had been able to drop anchor. However. in the difficult conditions they had lost their tender outboard, and the crew member had fallen in the water, fortunately he had managed to self-recover but was wet and cold. After helping the skipper to recover the yacht’s anchor it was towed to safety through the Cardiff Barrage.
Jan Rees – Just a reminder that this Friday 12th September, there is to be celebration of the life of Jan Rees, a former secretary for the Fundraising Branch. This is being held in the Pier Pavilion at 12 O’clock, and afterwards in the Penarth Yacht Club.
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