20th September 2019 A leaking yacht taking on up to 15 litres of water a minute on a pitch-black Solent late last (Thurs) night led to an urgent distress call via the Coastguards to Cowes RNLI lifeboat. The 25-foot yacht,…
Cowes Lifeboat Tows Motorboat to Safety
14th September 2019 Venturing out into the Solent in a motorboat proved more problematical than expected for the four people aboard, leading to Cowes RNLI lifeboat having to come to their aid. While in Osborne Bay the craft developed engine…
Cowes Lifeboat Responds to ‘Men in Difficulties’ Alarm
13th September 2019 Cowes RNLI lifeboat dashed across the Solent this evening, following reports that three young men appeared to be in difficulties off the Lepe shore. When the lifeboat arrived in the area of Lepe Spit Cardinal Buoy they…
Cowes Lifeboat Gives Stranded Visitors a Helping Hand
23rd August 2019 Five Lithuanian men experienced at first hand the charitable activities of the RNLI this (Friday) evening, when Cowes lifeboat went to the aid of their crippled motorboat. The 29-foot craft had lost engine power in the Solent,…
Tangled Spinnaker Leads to Man Overboard Emergency
15th August 2019 A tangled spinnaker turned out to be the least of the problems for the fivepeople crewing a Cowes Week yacht, resulting in several craft, includingCowes RNLI lifeboat, rushing to its aid. The spinnaker-tangling occurred aboard a J/80…
Cowes Lifeboat Attends to Injured Cowes Week Teenager
11th August 2019 A 19-year-old crewman of a Cowes Week yacht, whose legs were crushed in a two-boat collision, led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat launching to the rescue around noon today. The teenager was one of four men aboard a…
Cowes Lifeboat Tows Family’s Motorboat to Safety
4th August 2019 An afternoon trip into the Solent ended almost before it began for three adults and two children aboard a 12-foot motorboat – leading to Cowes RNLI lifeboat responding to an urgent call for help. The boat had…
Cowes Lifeboat Responds to Two Radio Alerts
21th July 2019 A false alarm is not unusual for the Cowes RNLI lifeboat crew to discover after launching – but two in one outing this morning was a new experience. The first alert came from a vessel near Osborne…
Cowes Lifeboat Responds to Emergency Call
18th July 2019 A radio call for help led to the launching of Cowes RNLI lifeboat this afternoon, to search for a boat. Although it was believed the boat was not far from Cowes Harbour, near Prince Consort Buoy, the…
Upended Cat Proved No Bundle of Joy In Wind-Lashed Solent
30th June 2019 The capsizing of a sailing catamaran presented a real problem for both its crew and the crew of Cowes lifeboat in the western Solent this afternoon. The catamaran had turned completely upside down when caught by a…