Lifeboat rescues paddleboarder in 'struggling' group with no lifejackets

A GROUP of under equipped paddleboarders sparked an alert off the coast of Anglesey.

- By OWEN HUGHES Chief Reporter

The men were struggling in offshore winds at Traeth Benllech.

This saw the Coastguard alerted, who scrambled a team and paged the Moelfre RNLI station.

They responded with their inshore boat in the incident at around 2pm on Thursday afternoon.

A spokesperson for Moelfre RNLI said: "RNLI Moelfre volunteers, launched our Inshore life boat (ILB) after being tasked by H.M. Coastguard. The task was to assist paddleboarders who were struggling in the off shore wind at Traeth Benllech.

"Also tasked were our colleagues at the Moelfre Coastguard Rescue Team (CRT). Upon arrival, the RNLI crew successfully rescued one of the paddlers, who was then safely transported to Benllech to be met by the CRT.