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Following a request from the crew of Barry Dock Lifeboat the Coastguard paged the crew of Porthcawl’s RNLI inshore lifeboat to assist in the rescue of a 22 foot yacht that had run aground following engine failure with two people aboard at Llantwit Major on Wednesday May 1st. Barry’s RNLI all weather lifeboat had been
On the afternoon of Friday 24 May, Porthcawl RNLI Lifeboat, Rose of the Shires, was launched to assist a yacht 1 mile south off Sker Point, which was taking on water, and struggling to make way. Porthcawl’s Atlantic 85 Lifeboat launched last Friday to a yacht that was on passage to Swansea, when it was
On the evening of Saturday 15 June, Porthcawl RNLI Atlantic 85 Lifeboat “Rose of the Shires” was launched to reports of a 30 foot steel hulled sailing yacht in difficulty off Newton, Porthcawl, and in danger of drifting onto the rocky point. The RNLI Lifeboat launched at 8.30pm with four volunteer crew on board to
At 4.45pm on Friday 28 June, Porthcawl’s RNLI Lifeboat was launched to reports of a 39 foot sailing yacht taking on water and in danger of sinking off Kenfig Beach. Both Porthcawl and Port Talbot RNLI Lifeboats were launched to the call, as during the radio message to the Coastguard, communications with the yacht were
At 6pm on Sunday 21 July, Porthcawl RNLI Lifeboat, Rose of the Shires, launched to rescue tree people reported drowning off Tresilian Bay, Llantwit Major. Volunteer Helmsman Joe Missen said “We launched within five minutes of the call and proceeded to the Llantwit Major area to start our search. When we reached Ogmore by Sea,
Three volunteers from the RNLI Flood Rescue Team were announced this morning as winners of the Pride of Britain Emergency Services Award. They were recognised for their part in the rescue of a woman clinging to a branch in fast-flowing flood waters in Umberleigh, Devon on 23 December 2012. Boat Team Leader Paul Eastment, Helmsman
Porthcawl RNLI was called to provide assistance to a yacht that had made a passage from Monkstone Marina on the River Neath to Porthcawl’s new Marina on Boxing Day. The yacht had just made the voyage safely through a moderate to rough sea when the engines failed as it approached the marina. The crew on
Porthcawl RNLI lifeboat ‘Rose of the Shires’ was launched at 9:25am on Saturday 22 February to the rescue of a day fishing craft with engine failure and a capsized dinghy a quarter of a mile east of Porthcawl Breakwater. The volunteer crew were then diverted to a second call when a surfer had been reported
Two teenagers were saved after becoming cut off by an incoming tide below cliffs east of Llantwit Major. Both RNLI lifeboats from Porthcawl were requested to launch at 6:07 Sunday evening by Swansea Coastguard following a 999 call from the casualties. Neither of the casualties, who were both wet and very cold, was certain of
At 5.28pm on Saturday afternoon, both Porthcawl RNLI lifeboats Rose of the Shires and Jean Ryall launched to the assistance of a 26ft yacht that had run aground on Sandy Bay, Porthcawl. Volunteer RNLI Helmsman Joe Missen reached the stricken yacht first and said “when we got to the yacht, we found two persons on
