Beaumaris RNLI volunteers tasked twice on a Sunday

The Beaumaris Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat Annette Mary Liddington with her volunteer crew, launched and assisted with the mooring in Beaumaris Bay of the 22 ft vessel with a crew of four aboard, all of whom were wearing lifejackets

An assessment was made by the lifeboat helm in consultation with the Coastguard as to the best course of action to be taken. It was decided that in view of the blustery conditions and the sickness of the crew member, the safest option was for a lifeboat volunteer to board the craft and the lifeboat to tow the sailing yacht to a nearby mooring.

Once this had been completed the lifeboat then took the sick crew member ashore to the waiting Penmon Mobile Coastguard Team. Upon completion of this task the lifeboat was released by the Coastguard to return to her station to be refuelled and cleaned. As soon as this and the customary debrief after a launch had been completed, the crew left the station.

A RNLI spokesperson said: ‘The informant did the correct thing in alerting the Coastguard to the situation. This meant our volunteer lifeboat crew were able to reach the location quickly and assess the situation.’

In the second incident the lifeboat was requested to launch at 5.07 pm to assist the Police and Bangor Mobile Coastguard Team with an incident in the vicinity of Bangor Pier. On this occasion the service of the lifeboat was not required and the matter was dealt with by the Police and Coastguard on the shoreline.

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