Boat Launched : D-Class
Date : Monday 12 May
Launched at : 23:30
Returned at : 00:40
Weather : Fine with moderate wind.
We were tasked late on Monday 12 May to go to help a person who had drifted from their moored boat ‘Opus’ itself on the moorings in Bosham Channel. Arriving at the scene the lifeboat crew found a young man in a small tender with no engine, oars, or lifejacket and not really dressed for a trip in the night. Despite a strong ebb tide and little water in the channel, the D-Class lifeboat crew managed to get a line to the man and were able to tow him back to his boat to rejoin his two friends. After making sure they were all OK and with a friendly word of advice about sea safety the lifeboat returned to the station.
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