Two shouts in two days for Bridlington RNLI this weekend

The shout on Saturday saw Bridlington’s D-class inshore lifeboat (ILB) Ernie Wellings respond to reports of a paddle boarder in difficulty. Fortunately a Coastguard team managed to assist the paddle boarder and help him ashore, just as the ILB reached the water’s edge. The lifeboat was still launched as a precaution at the request of the Coastguard.

Sunday’s shout came as the crew were already afloat in the all-weather lifeboat (ALB) as they were practising search and rescue exercises around five miles east of Bridlington. A foil surfer was reported to be in difficulty just off Fraisthorpe Beach and so the crew were tasked with providing assistance to the man who had reportedly been in the water for nearly half an hour.

The all-weather lifeboat reached the scene in around eight minutes and assisted the casualty who said he was ‘cold and exhausted.’ The man and his foil surfing board were taken aboard the lifeboat until the man was transferred into the care of a Coastguard team that had waded out to meet the boat.

The ALB then took the man’s board back to the boathouse in Bridlington, before resuming the planned search and rescue exercise. The volunteer crew at Bridlington would like to encourage people to check the RNLI's website to ensure they are taking all the necessary precautions when enjoying time at the coast as coronavirus restrictions are gradually lifted across the country.

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