Early start on Bank Holiday Monday for the volunteers of Burnham-on-Crouch RNLI
It was an early start for the volunteers of Burnham-on-Crouch RNLI when at 8.10am on 30 August 2021 they were tasked by UK Coastguard to asses the situation of a 34' sailing vessel with two people onboard that had run aground just south of Buxey No. 2.
Burnham-on-Crouch volunteer crew assessed the situation and the volunteer helm made the decision to lay out an anchor for the casualty and made sure they were set for the day whilst awaiting the incoming tide.
The volunteer crew launched again later in the day and proceeded to the casualty where they stood by while the casualty vessel re-floated.
All was good and once re-floated the casualty vessel carried on their journey to the River Orwell.
The lifeboat returned to station around 5.20pm and made ready for the next occasion that they would be called upon.
Upon returning home, the volunteer helm received the following poem from the grateful owner of the casualty vessel:-
It doesn't take long
On Morning Song
To run aground
Or we’ve found
We hope your boat
Will start to float
And you can say Goodbye
To the helpful guy from the RNLI!
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