Another three shouts a day within a week for Beaumaris lifeboat volunteers.

The Beaumaris Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Annette Mary Liddington with her volunteer crew, respond to the first incident related to a 40-foot yacht with 6 persons aboard which was initially reported to have a rope around her propellor but transpired to be a fouled anchor line. The Lifeboat volunteers assisted the yacht crew in freeing the fouled anchor and then escorted the vessel to Y Felinheli. Where the Bangor Mobile Coastguard team had been tasked to assist

Whilst on the first tasking the lifeboat was requested to attend a second incident this being a five-foot rigid inflatable boat with one adult aboard that had suffered engine failure in the main navigable channel just off Beaumaris. After consultation with the Coastguard the helm decided that the safest course of action was to tow the craft to the nearest safe haven this being Beaumaris slipway

At 4.11 pm a further tasking request was received from H.M. Coastguard this time to a report that four persons had been cut off by the tide on a sandbar off Caernarfon. whilst en-route the lifeboat was advised that the people had managed to make their own way ashore. Thus, the lifeboat was stood down from the tasking and returned to Beaumaris at 4.40 pm

A RNLI spokesperson said: ‘The informants did the correct thing in alerting the Coastguard to the predicaments This meant our volunteer lifeboat crew were able to reach each casualty quickly, assess the situation and take the best course of action to prevent the situation worsening. We would recommend that lifejackets be worn by everyone aboard whilst on a boat at sea and anchors be carried on all boats.’

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John Pulford, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer for RNLI Wales & West, [email protected]

Claire Fitzpatrick-Smith, RNLI Regional Communications Manager for Wales, West of England and Isle of Man, 07977 728 315, [email protected]

Danielle Rush, RNLI Regional Communications Lead for Wales, West of England and Isle of Man, 07786 668829, [email protected]

RNLI Press Office, 01202 336789, [email protected]

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