Cowes Lifeboat Station

4th July 2017 Nineteen members of Ryde-based Johns Club, which caters for people with learning and physical disabilities, spent 90 minutes at Cowes Lifeboat Station to learn about beach safety. The members, aged from 14 to 60. specifically asked the…

26th June 2017 An incident in which a jet-ski rider and the man water-skiing ended up in the water sparked a cross-Solent rescue operation this evening. Involved were Cowes RNLI lifeboat, a Coastguard helicopter, a Southampton Harbour launch and on-shore…

26th June 2017 An eighteen foot sailing boat became a casualty in the Solent yesterday (Monday) – requiring the assistance of Cowes lifeboat. The two men aboard the River Medina-based mini-yacht not only found that their outboard engine had failed…

25th June 2017 A nine metre yacht that went hard aground on the Bramble Bank in the Solent this evening received help from two lifeboats, including the RNLI’s Cowes- based Atlantic 85. The Cowes lifeboat was close-by on exercise when…

24th June 2017 Cowes Lifeboat was launched yesterday evening after a woman sustained a potentially serious head injury on a yacht. The 32 foot yacht was near the entrance to Cowes Harbour when the woman, believed to be in her…

19th June 2017 The unusually high number of call-outs involving Cowes RNLI lifeboat over an 11-day period brought praise for the station’s all-volunteer members from their Lifeboat Operations Manager, Mark Southwell. From Thursday 8 th June to Sunday 18 th…

15th June 2017 Thanks to the keen hearing of a man cutting his hedge, Cowes RNLI lifeboat went into life-saving mode this evening. As Gurnard resident Simon Morgan was tackling his hedge he heard desperate cries for help coming from…

14th June 2017 Two anglers caught more than fish out on the Solent this evening, leading to Cowes RNLI lifeboat going to their rescue. First unwelcome catch was weed in the engine of the 21 foot Leona Dawn; then, now…

10th June 2017 For the second day running, Cowes RNLI lifeboat had hardly returned to station from one rescue this afternoon before it was tasked to another. The first ‘shout’ involved a 23 foot yacht that reported engine trouble west…

10th June 2017 Cowes RNLI lifeboat ensured it was second time lucky for five people aboard a yacht that had gone hard aground near a busy shipping lane late yesterday evening. When the 40 foot Kokomo had been halted by…