Holyhead Coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser had been seen drifting down the Menai Strait, possibly with no-one on board, near Bangor Pier. Beaumaris Lifeboat was launched to render assistance and the vessel was taken under tow to Menai Bridge.
Service launches of the Beaumaris lifeboat covering the Menai Strait between Anglesey and the North Wales mainland
July 24th 12:43 The Gazelle
The lifeboat was called to a large rib with 8 persons on board. The rib had cast off from a mooring near the Gazelle and the engine had failed. One of the passengers phoned 999, the rib drifted onto a beach the other side of the Gazelle. The lifeboat took the rib and skipper back to their mooring.
June 17th 15:20 Puffin Island
The Lifeboat attended a Three Peaks Race yacht that had run aground on the way to Puffin Island at approximately 1520. After assessing there was no risk to life, an attempt was made to refloat the craft, but is was too hard aground. The lifeboat then returned to station and the yacht refloated later that day.
June 11th 01:35am Menai Bridge
The volunteer crew of Beaumaris RNLI were called out this morning at 01:35 in response to a report that voices were heard on the water around the Islands off Menai Bridge by Cadnant. The Lifeboat was launched and the crew conducted a search of the area but were unable to find the source of the voices until the heard shouting from the Bangor side of the Menai Strait. The crew proceeded to the area, a beach near the Rowing Club, and found an injured man approx age of early to mid 30s. The crew brought the man on board the lifeboat and took him to Menai Bridge Pier where an ambulance along with the Police and Bangor Coastguard were waiting and the man was taken by ambulance to hospital.
June 2nd near Britannia Bridge
The Beaumaris lifeboat was launched for the second time on 2 June to render assistance to a motorboat which had suffered mechanical failure near Britannia Bridge. The vessel was taken under tow to Menai Bridge.
June 2nd 11:49 Menai Strait, near Anglesey Sea Zoo
Beaumaris RNLI was called out at 11.49 this morning to respond to a 5m speedboat which had run aground in the Menai Strait off Anglesey Sea Zoo. Two passengers were on board the speedboat who were taken off the boat by the volunteer lifeboat crew and put ashore at Felinheli. The passengers intend to go back to their speedboat at approx 8.00pm tonight when the tide has turned to bring their boat ashore.
May 12th 21:30pm The Gazelle
Beaumaris RNLI was called out last night at 22.05 in response to a 999 call from a crew member of a yacht moored off the Glyn Garth flats.
The crew member who raised the alarm had been brought ashore at the Gazelle Jetty by tender. The tender then returned to the yacht but the outboard engine failed and the crew member at the Gazelle was concerned that the dinghy was being washed away in the Beaumaris direction.
Beaumaris Lifeboat was launched and found that the tender had returned to the yacht. The RNLI crew checked all the yacht’s crew were accounted for and took the three crew ashore to the Gazelle before proceeding back to the Lifeboat Station.
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