September 25th 12:30 Bangor / Menai Strait

The crew of Beaumaris Lifeboat Station were called out at 12.30 to respond to an incident involving 9 students from Bangor University who were in the water after their rowing boat broke in half as a result of a large wake from a cruiser. On arrival at the scene, the crew found the students had been recovered by a safety boat so they proceeded to retrieve half of the broken boat which was floating under Britannia Bridge.
On their way back to the boathouse, the crew were diverted to assist a 21ft Maxim boat with one person on board which had broken down. The boat which was between Lairds and Puffin Island was towed by the lifeboat to Menai Bridge.