Boat Launched : Atlantic 85
Date : Sunday 7 September
Launched at : 15:33
Returned at : 16:28
Weather : Fine and dry with a F3 SW wind
Solent Coastguard asked us to go to assist a sports boat with engine failure in Hayling Bay. The boat was being washed towards the shore and had 4 people on board. The Atlantic 85 was launched and went to the area just off the Coastguard Look-out Station where they found the casualty. The boat was very close inshore and a local coastguard had entered the water and was holding the boat to prevent it being damaged in the breaking waves. A tow line was passed to the boat and she was towed into deeper water where two of the crew were taken aboard the lifeboat, leaving two crew plus a lifeboat crew member on the sports boat. The boat was towed to Sparkes Marina where she was given contact numbers for the Harbour Patrol and Hayling Rescue to arrange a tow back to Itchenor.
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