Busy weekend for Burnham-on-Crouch RNLI volunteers
The busy weekend for the Burnham-on-Crouch RNLI volunteers started at 5.25pm on Saturday 12 June when they were tasked to assist a 33’ yacht that had snagged its mooring line in it’s propeller. The Atlantic Class lifeboat Tony and Robert Britt was launched and promptly freed the yacht.
Then at 6.20pm on Sunday 13 June it was a double shout with both their Atlantic Class Tony & Robert Britt and D Class lifeboats launched to assist two 45’ motor boats, with two people on each, where one of the motor boats entangled it’s propeller in the others anchor chain off the River Roach in Shelford Creek.
The incident commenced at 6.10pm when Southend Coastguard were tasked to get eyes on and monitor the situation from the MOD test establishment on Foulness.
Burnham-on-Crouch RNLI were then tasked to assist and after a period of time were able to untangle and free the vessels allowing the motor boats to continue their journey.
Both lifeboats returned to station and were made ready for the next occasion that they would be called upon.
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