Cowes Lifeboat Station

7th March 2019 Two men out fishing in the wind-tossed Solent this (Thursday) evening caught more than they had bargained for, when a large wave smashed in the large bow window of their cuddy. With more waves, whipped up by…

22nd February 2019 A 999 call led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat being launched this (Friday) afternoon to go to the aid of a 23 foot fishing boat. The fishing boat had anchored in Thorness Bay after losing its anchor. Despite…

19th February 2019 The moon’s influence proved to be the undoing of a yacht early this (Tuesday) evening, leading to Cowes RNLI lifeboat crossing the Solent to provide much needed assistance. The yacht, with five people aboard, had gone hard…

10th February 2019 The commitment of volunteers with the RNLI at Cowes was celebrated with the presentation of awards at the lifeboat station by the High Sheriff, Gioia Minghella-Giddens. Mark Harker, whose six years involvement with the station eventually culminated…

26th January 2019 Five people stranded on a rudderless 38-foot yacht in the Solent were taken to safety by Cowes RNLI lifeboat at lunch-time today (Saturday). After losing their rudder just outside the Cowes Harbour breakwater they had dropped their…

24th January 2019 It was a picture-perfect moment for Sandy Steen – a photograph showing Cowes RNLI’s lifeboat on safety patrol at the start of the famous Round the Island Race. The framed photograph of the Atlantic 85 ‘Sheena Louise’,…

19th January 2019 Maritime lifesavers of the Solent area brought their various craft into Cowes Harbour today (Saturday) for another annual lunch-time get-together. After assembling in the Solent, the lifeboats processed together into the Royal Yacht Squadron marina, quickly turning…

12th January 2019 A rare if not unique event in the annuls of RNLI history occurred at Cowes lifeboat station today (Saturday) when there was a baptism aboard its Atlantic 85 lifeboat. Baptised was Freya, the two-year-old daughter of Alasdair…

8th January 2019 A newly acquired large catamaran had an ignominious early outing for its owner when not one but two RNLI lifeboats, from Cowes and Yarmouth, were involved in towing it to safety across the Solent this (Tues) evening.…

22nd October 2018 A yacht in danger of being driven ashore by a brisk northerly wind last night led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat going to its aid. The yacht, the Pequenita, with two persons aboard, was dragging its anchor in…