The Coastguard reported that an small open boat was drifting close to Puffin Island with nobody on-board. The lifeboat was launched toinvestigate. The open boat was found by the lifeboat crew and towed to the beach at Penmon Point and handed over to the Coastguard shore patrol. It was thought that the boat had broken free from its mooring and may have been drifting for some time.
Service launches of the Beaumaris lifeboat covering the Menai Strait between Anglesey and the North Wales mainland
August 4th 3pm Beaumaris Pier
The RNLI at Beaumaris was called out when a passenger cruiser returning from a trip hit Beaumaris Pier. The volunteer lifeboat crew launched the inshore lifeboat to take an injured female passenger who was unable to walk off the cruiser and bring her ashore to the waiting paramedics and ambulance, so she could be taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd.
The lifeboat then went back out to the cruiser to escort it safely to Gallows Point.
August 2nd 09:30am Near Bangor Pier
Beaumaris RNLI was called out to a 28ft yacht between Bangor Pier and Menai Bridge that had something caught around the propeller. On arrival at the scene the volunteer lifeboat crew found the skipper of the yacht had managed to pick up a mooring, so the lifeboat crew boarded the yacht and were able to free the propeller. The yacht then proceeded to Conwy while the lifeboat returned to the lifeboat station.
July 31st Ynys Gorad Goch
In the second incident of the day, the RNLI at Beaumaris were called out to Ynys Gorad Goch in the Menai Strait following the report of an injured man on the rocks. On arrival at the scene the volunteer lifeboat crew were joined by two paramedics who immediately started to treat the casualty. As the tide was receding it was felt it was too slippy to carry the casualty over the rocks to the lifeboat so the SAR helicopter was called out who then transported the man to Ysbyty Gwynedd.
July 31st 13:18 Gallows Point
Beaumaris Lifeboat was called out to tow a 26ft powerboat with engine failure from Beaumaris to Gallows Point.
July 25th 17:37 Puffin Sound
Beaumaris Lifeboat was called out to a Trimaran that had run aground off Penmon Point. The boat with two people and a dog on board had been anchored overnight at the Point but the change in wind today had resulted in the anchor dragging with the boat running aground on the beach. The lifeboat towed the boat off the beach and took it to a drying mooring near Bangor Pier.
July 23rd 15:35 Puffin Island
Beaumaris lifeboat was called out to a speed boat, with two female passengers and a child on board, with engine problems near Puffin Island. The RNLI’s volunteer crew were able to fix the engine so the speed boat returned to Menai Bridge, while the crew returned to Beaumaris Lifeboat Station.
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