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19th September 2020Summary
A few hours after the previous incident, just before 5.00pm, the all-weather lifeboat was again called out, this time the volunteer crew were asked to assist a yacht with a failed engine drifting rapidly west on a strong ebb tide.
The yacht’s original reported position was south os Anvil Point, an updated position gave them off Winspit and the yacht was finally located south of St Albans Head - testament to the spring tide ebbing fast. The four persons on board were happy to handle rigging a tow and slow progress towards Poole Harbour followed. Coincidentally, Poole Lifeboat was concluding dealing with a casualty vessel in the East Looe channel and they were happy to take over the tow, close to Brownsea Island, and continue to the yacht’s destination.
Swanage lifeboat was then released to return to station, closing down just before 8.00pm
Weather
- Visibility:Good
- Wind:NE-3
- Weather:Overcast
- Sea state:Slight
Details
- Boat(s):Shannon
- Launch time:16:58
- Recovery time:19:53
- Casualty:Yacht
- Location:St Albans Head
Crew
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ALB Crew:
(Coxn) Tom Greasty
Dave Turnbull
Steve Williams
Oliver Clark
Ben Jarvis
Alice Haw
ALB Shore Crew:
(Head Launcher)
Paul Bedford
Andy Redout
Gary Buglass
Alfie O'Connell
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Swanage Lifeboat Station is one of over 230 RNLI lifeboat stations around the coast of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The RNLI is a charity and relies on voluntary contributions from the public to keep its lifeboats at sea. At Swanage we have two lifeboats, an All Weather ‘Shannon’ class lifeboat and a ‘D-Class’ inshore lifeboat. We have a volunteer crew comprising 30 sea going crew and four shore crew who launch and recover the boats.
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