On Saturday, July 7 RNLI Lifeboat was requested to assist a yacht in difficulties with engine failure off the coast near Hastings at 6:47 am. RNLI Hasting’s all-weather lifeboat (ALB) has already been tasked to the yacht and had it in tow but there wasn’t enough water in the river Rother for the ALB to deliver it to moorings in Rye where the engine would be fixed. Rye Harbour’s Atlantic ’85 also was unable to bring it in because of low tide.
So, RNLI Rye Harbour made sure the boat was safely anchored off the river mouth and established that the occupants were fit and well and returned to harbour and made the boat ready for further shouts in the day. HM Coastguard tasked RNLI Rye Harbour at 1:50pm to assist the yacht up to the dockyard where repairs would be carried out during the week.
It is good to see that there were lots of people watching the shout from the harbourside and asking questions and giving their support to our volunteers. We don’t have weekends, we don’t have days off, the volunteers at the RNLI station are on duty 24/7, saving lives at sea.
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