Tag Archives: lifeboat
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...
Exhausted Wind-Surfer Plucked from Choppy Solent
The RNLI’s life-saving role was really put to the test in a choppy Solent on friday (10th May) when Cowes lifeboat rescued a wind-surfer after an intensive 45 minute search.
Solent Coastguards were alerted to the emergency just before 1 pm when a windsurfer on the...
Injury to Yachtsman Leads to Cowes Lifeboat Call-Out
Cowes RNLI lifeboat raced to the aid of a man who badly injured his right hand aboard a yacht in Osborne Bay this afternoon.
The man, one of four men on the 35 foot Westerly, Quartette, caught his hand between the windlass and the anchor chain while in the process of raising...
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...
Lifeboat called to assist capsized catamaran
The Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat was called by VHF radio whilst training in Sandown Bay, to reports of a capsized catamaran off of Welcome Beach (Shanklin), with a person in the water and SSILB made its way to the Welcome Beach from Yaverland.
On the way to...
Lifeboat Rescue Follows Sunday Morning Training
A Sunday morning training exercise turned into live rescue when Cowes Lifeboat was asked to assist a 35ft Yacht experiencing difficulties in the deteriorating weather conditions in the eastern Solent on Sunday morning.
The lifeboat was returning to station after a two and...
Solent Sandbank ‘Calls Time’ on Yachtmen’s Drinking Plans
Two yachtsmen who just wanted to go for a drink instead became the focus of a Cowes RNLI lifeboat alert this evening.
The men, aboard the 35 foot Shoney, had sailed from Hamble with the intention of simply enjoying a pint at picturesque Beaulieu. But their plans went sadly...
