Poole Lifeboats were individually diverted from their exercises on Friday September 15th to help two different vessels that had got caught out by the ebb tide.
Just after 6pm the inshore lifeboat was tasked to help a rowing boat with two people on-board that was struggling against the strong ebb tide, their position given was at the Oyster Bank, when the lifeboat crew arrived on scene, they found the rowers near to Poole Quay Boat Haven.
The D Class lifeboat set up a tow and took them back to the RNLI College slipway and then returned back to station and was ready for service by 7.30pm.
Meanwhile the B class Atlantic 85 had been at North Haven Yacht club where they were supporting the youth week with a PR exercise, when a call came through from UK Coastguard, just after 6pm that a Trimaran with three people on-board had lost power and was pinned against the Poole lifting Bridge, on the other side of the bridge from the lifeboat station, caught out by the strong Ebb tide.
The lifeboat was soon on scene and carefully manoeuvred to pass a towline across and then towed the vessel clear, after checking that all was okay, they took the vessel back to their mooring at Creekmore Lake, at the top of the backwater channel in Holes Bay.
The lifeboat then returned back to station and was ready for service at 7pm.
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.
