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Suspected engine fire brings Yarmouth RNLI to the rescue
On Saturday morning, 18 May, the 27ft motor boat ‘Sankey’ reported a suspect fire in its engine room. The RNLI Yarmouth lifeboat, the ‘Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer)’ raced to the scene off Shipperds Chine in the west Wight.
On arrival the Coastguard...
Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat assists stricken yacht
In the morning of Saturday 11 May the Yarmouth all-weather lifeboat The Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer) was called to assist the 42ft yacht Neroli in strong winds 3 miles west of the Needles rocks.
The Neroli, which was on passage to Poole, was in difficulty and unable...
Full scale search for skipper after boat found near Brighstone
A full scale search and rescue operation took place off the islands west coast this evening after a small boat was found beached near Brighstone with no crew members on board.
An emergency May-Day transmission was broadcast by Solent Coastguard at 17.31 this evening (27th...
Lifeboat helps a dismasted yacht in gale force winds
Around 5pm on 15 October, the Yarmouth RNLI all-weather lifeboat The Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer) was called to assist the 32 foot yacht, Avalon, which had been dismasted in high winds two miles west of the Needles.
Avalon, a traditional all-wooden yacht, was caught...
A mystery sunken yacht is found by trawler
Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat crew were called to assist after a trawler Sally Jane, snagged a sunken yacht, Nicola, and hauled it to the surface just west of Hurst Spit on the evening of Tuesday 1 November.
The lifeboat, Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer), was called to render...
