ILB launches to Fishing boat washing aground on Buck Shore
Swanage's inshore lifeboat (ILB) was tasked to check on the welfare of the sole occupant of a fishing boat that was drifting towards Buck Shore, close to the lifeboat station.
Being just after high water, the tide was set to ebb for several hours, leaving little choice but to help the owner set an anchor as far out to sea as possible. This would help prevent the vessel from being driven further up the beach and give it a chance of being re-floated at the next high water.
With no-one in danger and the vessel secured, the ILB was released to return to station.
ILB Crew: (Helm) Matthew Steeden, Phil Palmer, Alice Haw
Shore Crew: (Head Launcher) Neil Collings, (Winch) Jeremy Stein, Neil Brooks
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