Service 18 Saturday 22nd 13.54 Menai Strait

Holyhead Coastguard requested a launch to the owner of a newly purchased vessel with his family on board. He had asked for assistance and dropped anchor because of a mechanical failure. The Beaumaris lifeboat towed the vessel to Menai Bridge and made it secure.

Service 17 Saturday 15th May 20:45 Abermenai

A Mayday call was received by the coastguard for a yacht at Abermenai which had run aground and was having trouble refloating on a rising tide in strong currents. The lifeboat was sent to provide assistance to the yacht, which was escorted to Victoria Dock in Caernarfon.

Weather WSW force 4

Service 16 Saturday 15th May 17:07 off Bangor Pier

A 24' power boat with 2 persons on board ran out of fuel off Bangor pier. The skipper contacted HH Coastguard via mobile phone and the Beaumaris Lifeboat was requested. The lifeboat was launched and quickly located the casualty which was then towed back to Menai Bridge where it was left rafted on Menai Bridge Pier. The Lifeboat returned to station

Weather WSW force 4

Service 14 and 15 Monday 3rd May 13:50 Puffin Island and Mussel Bank

The lifeboat was launched when a Pan Pan call was received by Holyhead Coastguard for a broken down boat at Mussel Bank on the Caernarfon bar. En route, the lifeboat was diverted to a wind surfer struggling to get back onto his board at Penmon near Puffin Island. The windsurfer was also monitered from the shore by the mobile coastguard unit on scene.

After ensuring the windsurfer was safe, the lifeboat was directed onto rescue the broken down yacht, the yacht received assistance in the meantime from a nearby craft and was then escorted from Fort Belan to Caernarfon by the Beaumaris lifeboat before returning to base, the yacht subsequently made her way onto Port Dinorwic.

Service 13 Sunday 2nd May14:15 Beaumaris Bay

A member of the public called the Coastguard to report two men clinging to an overturned tender in Beaumaris Bay in rough conditions. The lifeboat launched to the scene as the men reached the nearby shore. The two men were given assistance at the North West Venturers Yacht Club, Gallows Point.

Service 12 Sunday 25th April 10:06 - Off Lady Margaret's Bay

Holyhead Coastguard received a 999 call from a broken down small open dinghy reported to be on the Beaumaris side of Bangor pier. The lifeboat attended and located the casualty in the vicinity of Lady Margaret's bay. The casualty was taken in tow and towed back to its launching site at Menai Bridge public slipway. The lifeboat returned to station.

Weather: SW force 5

Service 11 - 21:53 19th April - Port Dinorwic

North Wales Police requested the lifeboat to standby in the vicinity of Port Dinorwic where a female was threatening to jump into the Strait from the marina wall. When the lifeboat arrived on scene the police had persuaded the casualty to leave the wall and the lifeboat was released to return to station.

Weather easterly force 1
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