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2004 |
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In 2004 there were 101 requests for the Hayling Island lifeboats to be tasked
which resulted in 93 services afloat and
8
occasions when the crew assembled but
the launches were cancelled as the
incidents were resolved. |
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*
crew assembled but launch cancelled |
|
No |
Date |
Boats |
Launch
times |
Wind
|
Service |
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93 |
Sat 25th
Dec |
Atlantic
75 |
18.26 |
F4 |
Solent
Coastguard received a number of
telephone calls informing them of red
flares in the Itchenor Reach. The
Atlantic 75 lifeboat was launched and
searched the Chichester Channel,
Itchenor Reach and Bosham Reach before
being stood down by Solent Coastguard
as nothing untoward was found. The
lifeboat returned to station at 19.46. |
|
92 |
Wed 22nd
Dec |
Atlantic
75 |
02.32 |
F4/5 |
The
Atlantic 75 lifeboat “Betty Battle”
was launched to an 18ft speedboat with
one man on board with engine trouble.
The skipper had been fishing and was
returning to Chichester Harbour when
his gear box failed. He tried to use
his auxiliary engine but ran out of
fuel. The speed boat was anchored just
outside the entrance to Chichester
Harbour. One of the lifeboat crew went
on to the speedboat to secure a tow
line and it was towed into Chichester
Harbour. The skipper of the speedboat
however sustained a back injury trying
to lift his anchor and required
medical assistance. The lifeboat took
the speedboat to the pontoon at
Hayling Island Sailing Club to meet
the lifeboat shore crew, the Hayling
Island First Responders and an
ambulance where the lifeboat crew had
to use a special stretcher to
carefully move the casualty from the
speedboat. Once the skipper of the
speedboat was safe, the lifeboat towed
the speedboat to Sparkes Marina and
then returned to the lifeboat station
at around 4.15 am. |
|
90/91 |
Tue 7th
Dec |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
23.20 |
F2 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of both lifeboats following a report
from a fishing vessel that a red
distress flare had been seen, thought
to be coming from the Easthead area of
Chichester Harbour. The lifeboats made
a thorough search of the
Easthead area and the Thorney,
Chichester, Itchenor and Emsworth
channels. After an hour with nothing
found the lifeboats were stood down
and returned to the lifeboat station
at 00.32. |
|
88/89 |
Sat 20th
Nov |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
16.05 &
16.10 |
F2 |
The
lifeboats were launched to search for
a small fishing boat with two people
on board which was lost in poor
visibility between Bracklesham Bay and
the Nab Tower. The Selsey Tyne class
lifeboat and the Coastguard's
helicopter joined in the search. At
around 17.30 the fishing boat was
found by the Selsey lifeboat approx 4
miles east of Selsey Bill. The Selsey
lifeboat escorted the fishing vessel
to Hayling Island. |
|
87 |
Sun 24th
Oct |
Atlantic
75 |
12.55 |
F4 |
The
lifeboat station received a report
from someone on the beach that a
windsurfer may have been in difficulty
near the West Pole Sands. The
lifeboat was launched and searched the
area for approximately 1 hour. When no
one was found in difficulty and no one
was reported missing the search
was called off and the lifeboat
returned to station. |
|
86 |
Sun 17th
Oct |
Atlantic
75 |
18.31 |
F2 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to a 7.2m yacht with 4
adults on board that had run aground
on the East Pole Sands. The lifeboat
towed the vessel off the sands to
safety. |
|
* |
Sun 3rd
Oct |
Atlantic
75 |
18.10 crew
assembled but launch cancelled |
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Solent Coastguard
requested the launch of the Atlantic
75 lifeboat to an abandoned
speed boat near the West Pole sands at
the entrance to Chichester Harbour.
This craft was not a danger to
shipping and on further investigation
it was found that a Gosport and
Fareham Rescue boat was about to
arrive on scene. The lifeboat crew had
assembled but the launch of the
Atlantic 75 lifeboat was not required. |
|
84/85 |
Sat 2nd
Oct |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
10.50 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard
requested the launch of the lifeboats
to a 36ft yacht which had run aground
near the Chichester Bar Beacon. The
yacht was anchored in breaking surf. A
lifeboat crew member was transferred
to the yacht to attach a tow line but
the yacht had a jammed rudder which
meant towing would be difficult. The 3
adults on the yacht, in danger of
being washed overboard refused to
leave their vessel and be transferred
to the D Class lifeboat. A tow line
was successfully attached to the yacht
and the anchor line was cut. The
lifeboat began to pull the yacht into
deeper water but the jammed rudder and
breaking sea made the whole operation
very difficult. The violently pitching
yacht caused the straining towline to
break the fairlead and sever the line.
A commercial towing vessel, “Hayling
Rescue” arrived on scene, and with the
assistance of the lifeboat crew took
the yacht alongside but was unable to
make headway due to the yacht’s jammed
rudder. The Atlantic 75 lifeboat was
then secured on the opposite side of
the yacht to “Hayling Rescue” and
together they towed the stricken yacht
to safety. During this operation one
of the yacht’s crew sustained bruising
and was sea sick and the lifeboat crew
member on the yacht sustained a hand
injury but he continued with his task
before seeking medical attention. |
|
83 |
Fri 1st
Oct |
Atlantic
75 |
|
F5 |
Solent Coastguard had
received a report that two small
fishing vessel in Hayling Bay might be
unaware that worsening sea and wind
conditions were expected. Before the
Atlantic 75 lifeboat returned to
station it was tasked to check that
the crew of the fishing boats were
safe, not requiring assistance, and to
warn the skippers that a strong wind
was expected |
|
81/82 |
Fri 1st
Oct |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
18.52 |
F5 |
The lifeboats were
launched to a yacht with 5 people on
board that had run aground near the
entrance to Chichester Harbour. The
yacht was in breaking surf. Three
lifeboat crew were put on board the
stranded yacht and along with the
yacht crew they managed to lean the
yacht over so that it could be pulled
into deeper water. The
yacht was towed to a mooring at
Hayling Island Sailing Club. |
|
79/80 |
Tue 28th
Sept |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
01.48 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of both lifeboats to assist in the
search for a missing woman from the
West Wittering area. The woman was
thought to be suicidal and may
have had an excess of alcohol. The
lifeboats searched for an hour along
the shore line from East Bracklesham to Itchenor before the
woman was found ashore. The lifeboats
then returned to station at 02.55. |
|
78 |
Sun 26th
Sept |
Atlantic
75 |
17.30 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to a capsized sailing
dinghy off the beach in Bracklesham
Bay. One person was in the water
trying to right the dinghy. When the
lifeboat arrived on scene the person
in the water and the dinghy were close
to the shore in the surf. The lifeboat
stood by until the person was safely
ashore. |
|
76/77 |
Sun 20th
Sept |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
12.14 |
F3 |
Both
boats were launched, at the request of
Solent Coastguard, to search for an
8 year old boy missing near the water
in the East Head area of Chichester
harbour. After a search of the area,
including putting lifeboat crew on the
beach, the boy was found by the police
in a local shop. |
|
74/75 |
Sun 12th
Sept |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
12.05 |
F6 |
Solent Coast guard requested the
lifeboats to assist a two man canoe
which was attempting to tow a
dinghy that had broken equipment and
was in difficulties near Sparkes Marina.
It was too shallow for the lifeboat to
tow the boats to the shore but the
Atlantic lifeboat stood by until the
casualties reached the shore safely. |
|
73 |
Sat 11th
Sept |
Atlantic
75 |
13.45 |
F6 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to a sailing dinghy
which had capsized near the entrance
to Chichester Harbour and was being
swept out to sea. |
|
71/72 |
Thur 9th
Sept |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
approx20.00 |
|
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of both lifeboats following a report
received that a man was attempting to
commit suicide by running into the sea
from the beach on the south side of
Hayling Island. After a search of the
area the lifeboats were stood down
when a report was received that the
man had been seen coming out of the
sea. |
|
70 |
Mon 6th
Sept |
Atlantic
75 |
17.45 |
F6 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to rescue a 11 year
old boy who was being blown out to sea
in a rubber ring. The boy was trying
to reach another rubber ring which had
also blown out to sea. The lifeboat
picked up the boy 150 yards from the
beach near the Coastguard's station
and returned him to the shore. The
lifeboat crew then picked up the empty
rubber ring. |
|
* |
Sun 5th
Sept |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
16.49 crew
assembled - launches cancelled |
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Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboats to search for a
missing person on West Wittering beach
as there were fears that she may have
been in the water. The crew assembled
but the missing woman was found and
the launches were cancelled. However
the lifeboat crew were asked by Solent
Coastguard to remain on station at
immediate readiness as there appeared
to be further unconfirmed reports of
missing children being received. After
20 minutes it was decided to stand the
lifeboat crew down. |
|
* |
Wed 1st
Sept |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
22.00 crew
assembled - launches cancelled |
|
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboats to search for 2
people last seen at 15.00 in a laser
dinghy. Before the lifeboats were
launched the missing people were
found. |
|
68/69 |
Tue 31st
Aug |
D Class |
first
launch at 20.40, re-launched at 23.30 |
F3 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to a 19ft sailing boat
which had run aground on the Winner
Bank, half a mile NE of the lifeboat
station. The lifeboat crew took the
two people who were on board the
sailing boat on to the lifeboat and
took them back to the lifeboat station
leaving an anchor out on the sailing
boat. When the sailing boat refloated
at around 23.30 the lifeboat crew took
the skipper back to his boat in the
lifeboat and then accompanied the
sailing boat in to Sparkes Marina. One
of the lifeboat shore crew took the
other person from the sailing boat by
road to the marina. |
|
67 |
Mon 30 Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
still
afloat |
F 4/5 |
Whilst still afloat with the incident
below, the Atlantic B Class lifeboat
was tasked by Solent Coastguard to a
32ft yacht aground on the East Winner
Bank. The yacht, which had experienced
engine trouble, was being towed by a
rescue boat into Langstone Harbour.
The tow boat pulled the yacht across
the East Winner Bank where the yacht
ran aground and the tow rope snapped.
The rescue boat then left the stranded
yacht. The Atlantic lifeboat was
tasked to the casualty to check that
the crew on board the yacht did not
require medical assistance. The
lifeboat was unable to pull the yacht
off the bank.
The
lifeboat crew set an anchor for the
yacht and made sure that the skipper
of the yacht was safe and well and he
was happy to wait in his yacht until
it floated on the rising tide. |
|
65/66 |
Mon 30 Aug |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
15.25 |
F4/5 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboats to a 7.5 metre power
boat with 3 people on board with
engine failure and a possible fire.
The casualty was in the entrance to
Chichester Harbour. By the time the
lifeboats reached the scene the power
boat was being towed by Hayling
Rescue. The three people were from the
power boat were on board Hayling
Rescue. The D Class lifeboat
accompanied Hayling Rescue to Sparkes
Marina. |
|
64 |
Mon 30 Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
05.24 |
F6 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to a motor vessel with
engine failure approximately 6
nautical miles SE from the lifeboat
Station. The two men onboard were
suffering from seas sickness. Once on
scene a lifeboat crew member was put
onto the yacht to establish that no
medical assistance was required. The
lifeboat towed the yacht into Sparkes
Marina. |
|
63 |
Sun 29th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
20.29 |
F6 |
Selsey RNLI lifeboat had gone to
assist a 33ft yacht which had got into
difficulties near the Pullar buoy. The
yacht had been at sea for 49 hours,
one of the crew felt seasick and the
yacht could not make headway to
windward due to a jammed lifting keel.
The Selsey lifeboat was towing the
vessel into Chichester Harbour. The
Hayling Island lifeboat was launched
to take over the tow so that the
Selsey lifeboat could re-house. The
Hayling lifeboat towed the yacht into
Sparkes Marina. |
|
61/62 |
Sun 29th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
14.18 |
F6 |
A 12
metre yacht with four people on board,
one of whom was in a wheelchair,
was on passage from Chichester Marina
to Osborne Bay but decided to return
to Chichester Harbour when the
conditions worsened. As they sailed
back towards Chichester Harbour the yacht's
steering jammed and when the crew
started the engine it
overheated. The yacht anchored and
Solent Coastguard was contacted by an
anxious friend. Both lifeboats were
launched. A lifeboat crew member was
put on to the yacht and the Atlantic
75 set up a tow and recovered the
yacht's anchor. The D Class lifeboat
was used to clear the area as without
steering the yacht tended to veer
violently. The yacht was towed into
Chichester Harbour and as they
approached Sparkes Marina the lifeboat
crew changed to an alongside stern tow
so that the yacht could be positioned
with its wheelchair access point alongside the pontoon. Both lifeboats
then returned to station. |
|
60 |
Thur 26th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
13.30 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard received a 999 call
reporting a Hobbie Cat sailing dinghy
sailing on its own off East Wittering
Beach with no people on board. The
lifeboat was launched and was just
proceeding to the scene when the
lifeboat crew were stood down when
Solent Coastguard received a further
report that the owners of the Hobbie
Cat had been rigging the boat on
the shore when a gust took it off
without the crew. |
|
58/59 |
Wed 25th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
19.43 |
F2 |
Both the Atlantic 75
and D Class lifeboats had just
launched on exercise when they were
immediately tasked to Eastoke Point,
SE Hayling Island where a member of
the public had seen what she thought
was a head in the water. Both
Lifeboats proceeded and once on scene,
carried out a comprehensive search
together with the Coastguard
Helicopter and the Coastguard
Auxiliaries. After one hour, as
nothing found Solent Coastguard called
off the search. |
|
57 |
Sun 22nd
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
19.20 |
F5 |
Solent
Coastguard requested the launch of
the lifeboat to rescue a kite
surfer, who had got into
difficulties 1 mile from the beach
in Bracklesham Bay. His
equipment was damaged and he was
unable to "fly" his kite and return
to the shore. The lifeboat crew
found the casualty, guided to his
position by the Selsey Coastguard
team who were observing the kite
surfer from the shore. The casualty
and his kite surfer were returned to
the beach and the lifeboat returned
to Hayling Island.
|
|
56 |
Wed 18th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
still
afloat from incident below |
F4 |
Whilst returning to the harbour from
the incident below, Solent Coastguard
tasked the lifeboat to assist a
capsized dinghy at the entrance to
Chichester Harbour. Once on scene the
lifeboat stood by whilst the crew of
the dinghy attempted on several
occasions to right the sailing boat.
Once upright the lifeboat escorted the
dinghy back into the harbour. |
|
55 |
Wed 18th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
17.42 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard received a 999 call
reporting two windsurfers in
difficulties off Bracklesham Bay. The
lifeboat was launched and once on
scene the lifeboat crew were informed
that the windsurfers were safely
ashore. |
|
53/54 |
Sat 14th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
16.55 |
F4 |
A
20ft speed boat with six people on
board was reported to be on fire 200 metres south of
the lifeboat station. The lifeboats
were launched as the six young men from
the burning boat had jumped into the
water. After the lifeboat crew
had established that all the six
casualties were safely ashore, to
prevent the vessel, which was still on
fire, drifting into the harbour, with
permission from the harbour patrol
vessel, which was on scene, the senior
helm on the Atlantic 75 lifeboat with
great skill passed the burning vessel
at close quarters and at high speed
using the resulting wash
to drive the speed boat close to the
shore. The shore crew and the
coastguards had already cleared the beach of the growing crowd
of spectators. The wash partially
extinguished the fire and a further
pass completely extinguished the
flames. When the burnt out vessel had drifted
close to the shore and it was
considered safe the lifeboat tractors
were used to drag the burnt hull to a safe
place on the beach. [pictures] |
|
52 |
Sat 14th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
02.35 |
F4 |
A 7m
RIB with 3 people on board was
returning to Chichester Harbour from Portsmouth. The
passengers on the RIB reported to
Solent Coastguard that they had
damaged their propeller, the boat was
taking on water and they were unsure
of their position. The Atlantic
lifeboat was launched and found the
RIB near the entrance to
Chichester Harbour. One of the
lifeboat crew went onto the RIB whilst
it was escorted by the lifeboat to Sparkes Marina. The lifeboat returned
to station at 03.30. |
|
51 |
Sun 8th
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
20.06 |
F5 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to go to a speedboat
with two people on board with engine
failure. The speed boat was found 2
miles south of the entrance to
Langstone harbour The spare engine
had also failed. The sea was lumpy and
one of the men on the speed boat was
feeling sea sick. He was taken onto
the lifeboat. The other younger man
stayed on the speed boat which was
towed to the slip way at the west end
of Langstone Harbour. The lifeboat
returned to station approx 90 minutes
later. |
|
50 |
Wed 4th
Aug |
D Class
|
21.00 |
F3 |
The
lifeboats had just returned from a
routine training exercise and been
refuelled, washed down and re-housed
when the lifeboat crew noticed a
motorboat with 6 people on board in
the vicinity of the Winner Bank
attempting to row against the strong
tide using water skis. The D Class
lifeboat was re-launched to
assist. The engine on the motor boat
had failed. The lifeboat towed the
motor boat with the six people on
board into Sparkes Marina. |
|
49 |
Tue 3rd
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
19.00 |
F3/4 |
Solent Coastguard
requested the launch of the lifeboat
to rescue a dinghy being swept
out to sea and calling for help. It
was reported that there were two
children in the dinghy. A nearby
vessel had relayed a "Mayday" on their
behalf but had been unable to get
close to the dinghy due to the shallow
water. The lifeboat accompanied
the inflatable toy dinghy and the two
adult occupants back
to shore. |
|
47/48 |
Sun 1st
Aug |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
19.55 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard requested the
lifeboats to conduct a search along
the sea front for a jet ski that was
reported missing. After searching for
15 minutes the lifeboats were stood
down as the Coastguard reported that
the jet had been found. |
|
46 |
Sun 1st
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
16.35 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to rescue a small
inflatable dinghy with one person on
board that was reported to be in
difficulty floating 1 nautical mile
south of Hayling Island. The lifeboat
crew searched for the casualty and at
the same time the lifeboat crew
advised a number of similar dinghies
to move closer inshore because of the
strong tide and an offshore wind. The
dinghy in question was not located and
Solent Coastguard decided that it had
probably managed to get back to the
beach. The lifeboat was stood down by
Solent Coastguard and returned to
station. |
|
45 |
Sun 1st
Aug |
Atlantic
75 |
15.34 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard requested the launch
of the lifeboat to assist a yacht that
had run aground in the Emsworth
Channel on a falling tide. When the
lifeboat arrived on scene the lifeboat
crew found that the yacht had been
helped by the Chichester Harbour
Patrol boat. |
|
44 |
Wed 28th
July |
Atlantic
75 |
19.40
(already afloat) |
F3 |
The
lifeboats were out on a routine
training exercise when the Atlantic 75
was tasked by Solent Coastguard to
search in the vicinity of Bembridge
Ledge, close to the main shipping
channel, for a 6 metre sports cruiser
with 2 adults and 2 children on board
with engine trouble. The lifeboat took
the vessel in tow to Langstone
Harbour. At the entrance to the
Harbour the tow was taken over by
Portsmouth RNLI lifeboat. |
|
42/43 |
Wed 21st
July |
Atlantic
75 & D Class |
22.45 |
F2 |
Both
lifeboats were launched to
search the north of Chichester Harbour
after a red flare had been sited in
that area. Portsmouth lifeboats were
also searching the north end of
Langstone Harbour along with shore
based coastguard teams. When no
casualty was found after an extensive
search for approx 90 minutes and with
some evidence that the flare may have
been fired from the shore the
lifeboats were stood down and returned
to station. |
|
41 |
Sun 18th
July |
Atlantic
75 |
14.23 |
F5 |
Solent Coastguard had
received a report of two people in the
water following the capsize of a
dinghy in the Thorney Channel. Solent
CG requested the immediate
launch of the Atlantic 75 to assist.
The Lifeboat proceeded at best speed
to the Thorney Channel. Once on scene,
the Chichester Harbour Patrol RIB had
taken two ladies from a passing vessel
that had picked them out of the
water. The lifeboat was asked by the
coastguard to check that no medical
attention was required.
As non was needed the lifeboat
returned to station after the lifeboat
crew recovered the ladies possessions
floating in the harbour in their “Grab
Bag”. |
|
40 |
Sat 17th
July |
Atlantic
75 |
16.09 |
F5 |
The tide was two and a
half hours into the ebb. A Dory with
two people on board was leaving
Chichester Harbour, returning to
Bembridge IOW when, whilst crossing
Chichester Bar, a rope went through a
drain hole in the transom and around
the propeller. The skipper who had a
bad hip and limited mobility could not
remove it. The vessel soon was
swamped by the seas on the Bar, so he
fired a red flare which was seen by a
number of people. The Coastguard
requested the lifeboat to assist.
Once launched, the lifeboat proceeded
to the casualty's last reported
position and found Hayling Rescue and
the Harbour Patrol on scene. The
Lifeboat was asked to take the two
adults now on board the Patrol Rib,
ashore. The two adults were taken off
by Lifeboat, the craft was taken in
tow by Hayling Rescue and escorted
into Harbour by the HM Patrol Craft.
The two adults were landed at the
Lifeboat Station where they were
assessed and made comfortable after
their experience. The Dory was towed
into Sparkes Marina, Hayling Island. |
|
39 |
Sat 17th
July |
Atlantic
75 |
13.06 |
F4 |
Solent Coastguard requested a lifeboat
to attend a 10 metre multi-hulled
yacht with a suspected fire North of
Hayling Island Sailing Club. The Atlantic
lifeboat was launched in
response and attended the scene with Hayling Rescue and the Chichester
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