Cowes Lifeboat Station

1st August 2017 A 66 year old yachtsman in pain from a back and neck injury was rushed ashore by Cowes lifeboat to a waiting ambulance today. The man had been aboard the 30 foot Connie on the wind-swept Solent…

31st July 2017 Cowes RNLI lifeboat had an exceptionally busy Cowes Week yesterday, (Sunday), dealing with four separate emergencies on a wind-swept Solent, each occasion with Neil Archer at the helm. First ‘shout’ involved the Royal Naval Sailing Association’s yacht…

26th July 2017 Recognition by the RNLI for the way the Cowes lifeboat station involves the general public was among the certificates presented at a ceremony outside the boathouse. The ‘innovation and commitment’ of the station’s Visits and Education Team…

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…