RNLI Moelfre Volunteers dash to aid drifting yacht.

‘Kiwi’ with a full complement of volunteer crew members launched at 3:06 pm and made good time in reaching the casualty vessel. Once on the scene the decision was made that the best course of action was to tow the casualty vessel to a safe mooring at Beaumaris.

At 4:12 pm a tow was established and ‘Kiwi’ then started the slow but steady tow towards Beaumaris. In the meantime, the volunteers at our flanking station in Beaumaris had been paged to launch their Atlantic 85 class lifeboat to rendezvous with ‘Kiwi’ so that they could take over the tow at Dinmor buoy near Penmon. The Beaumaris RNLI volunteers took over the tow at 7:30 pm and then towed the casualty vessel to a safe mooring near Beaumaris pier.

At 7:35 pm the Moelfre RNLI volunteers were stood down by H.M Coastguard, ‘Kiwi’ was back on the slip at 8:10 pm and by 8:48 pm she had been washed down and made ready for her next shout.

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