On Saturday 6 November, there was set to be a big tide and plenty of wind so I decided to go for a walk around Rhyl harbour with the dog.
I was on duty as the Rhyl Lifeboat Launching Authority that week.
Crossing the car park, I noticed two men inflating a small tender and thought ‘small boat, choppy crossing?’.
After having a look around the charter boats moored alongside the pontoons and a stroll along the beach, I returned to the inner harbour area.
As I approached the slip, I saw the two men I’d noticed earlier had just set off from the slipway to cross to a group of boats moored across the harbour. Neither were wearing lifejackets, and in those conditions and in that size of boat I was concerned for their safety.
Before leaving I decided to keep an eye on them until they reached whichever boat it was they were bound for.
As I walked down to the lower quay level I heard a woman who’d waved them off, shouting that they were in trouble.
Looking through my binoculars, I could see one man in the tender, the other was in the water hanging on to the mooring buoy. I immediately phoned Holyhead Coastguard and informed them there was a man in the water in Rhyl Harbour and the immediate launch of Rhyl’s inshore lifeboat was required.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2022 من Practical Boat Owner.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 2022 من Practical Boat Owner.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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