Sandown & Shanklin Inshore Lifeboat

Busy day for local Lifeboat Crew

29th of June 2008

 

Sandown & Shanklin inshore Lifeboat and her crews had a very busy day on the 28th of June 2008, SSILB was called upon 6 times during the day, 5 tasks to the Around The Island Race and 1 task to a separate incident later on in the day - Please see news section for separate incident.

Task 1

Tasked by Solent Coastguard to a capsized 40 ft Yacht called 'Zombie' with Purple Blue hull with 7 POB on hull just off St Catherine’s, SSILB made way from Culver Cliff area, on getting closer to the incident Yarmouth RNLI AW arrived on scene and SSILB was asked to stood down from Solent Coastguard.

Task 2

SSILB then got tasked by SCG to a yellow 8 Meter rib called 'Golden Toad' just off Ventnor with Engine failure, SSILB set up a tow and towed the 'Golden Toad' to Ventnor moorings and it's crew was taken ashore to Ventnor Haven.  

Task 3

SSILB was then tasked back to St Catherine’s to assist a French 35 ft Yacht with Broken Mast , The crew made the mast safe and the yachts crew made their way back under Engine power to Chichester (we presume after they finished the race).  

Task 4

SSILB was then Tasked By SCG to a Yacht that had put out a MAYDAY call, the yacht was standing by a capsized Yacht 2 miles S/W off of St Catharine’s Light House, SSILB arrived on scene, managed to get close enough to find a name, other marking and was found to be the Yacht 'Zombie' from a previous incident that morning, a position was given to SCG and a salvage team was tasked.


 
Task 5

SSILB was then Tasked to a yacht with a tangled Spinnaker in Sandown Bay , SSILB got into the safer waters of Shanklin Bay, where their crew managed to free it and made there way back to Haslar (Again we presume after they finished the race).  


Sandown & Shanklin Inshore Lifeboat returned to it's boathouse, where the crews refuelled and washed the Atlantic 21 down.

More in depth details can be viewed in our shout section.


Following written by Peter White

   The Sandown and Shanklin Lifeboat was kept at full stretch as a choppy sea and windy conditions took their toll during the annual Round the Island yacht race.

The crew were called out six times on Saturday, five of the calls to deal with boats that had got into difficult negotiating the 55-mile course. There was also another separate incident later in the day.

The first call was to a capsized 40ft yacht called Zombie, but as they neared the problem they were told Yarmouth RNLI AWL had already arrived and stood down.

They were then diverted to a yellow 8-meter rib called Golden Toad off Ventnor with engine failure which was towed to Ventnor moorings and the crew taken ashore at Ventnor Haven.

The lifeboat was later called back to St Catherine’s to a French 35ft yacht with a broken mast. After the mast was made safe the yacht and made it back under engine power to Chichester.

A request came from Solent to a yacht that was standing by a capsized vessel south west of St Catharine’s Light House. Sandown coxswain Mark Birch said: “On arrival we managed to get close enough to find a name and other marking and was found to be the Yacht Zombie.
Position was given to Solent and a salvage team was tasked. “We were then called to a yacht with a tangled Spinnaker in Sandown Bay. We managed to get it into Shanklin where they managed to free it and the made their way back to Haslar".  

After a refuel and wash down the lifeboat was back at sea in the late afternoon to a report of a yellow jet ski that was spotted with no one on it. Birch said: “We arrived on scene to the jet ski drifting a mile of Bembridge ledge. We then did a costal search for persons. The Coastguard helicopter also turned up and started an aerial search. The Bembridge RNLI AW Lifeboat was also tasked". “A report then came in that two men had swum back to Yaverland Sailing club and reported that they had fallen off their jet ski and could not get back to it". This was confirmed with the Bembridge Coastguard team who arrived at Yaverland and the search was stood down. We then towed the jet ski back to Yaverland Sailing Club and handed it over to the owner.”