CREW WINCHED TO SAFETY NEAR SKEGNESS
Two people have been winched to safety after their vessel began
to take in water and also suffered engine failure.
The call came in as a Mayday to Humber Coastguard Operation
Centre at 7.36am (BST) today from the Dolphin of Rhu, north of the windfarm
between Skegness and the River Humber.
Calculating the boat’s position had to be done using VHF
direction finding because there seemed to be no GPS and two lifeboats – Humber
and Skegness were tasked to find the vessel.
Other vessels on the scene also came in to help the search.
It was also decided to call in the Coastguard Rescue
Helicopter from Humberside because of the potentially serious nature of the
incident.
Hull Coastguard Rescue Team was also tasked as initially it
was thought the crew might need hospital treatment, but was stood down because
both were uninjured.
The vessel is being towed back to Grimsby by the Humber
Lifeboat.
Jolene Smith, deputising senior maritime operations officer
for the Coastguard said, ‘These people did the right thing by calling the
Coastguard in as soon as they could.
‘We recommend that where possible, all vessels within 30
miles of the shore, are fitted DSC VHF, a charged mobile phone, flares, powerful
torch and Personal Locator Beacon. It’s also good to be very familiar with how
everything works so that if an emergency happens you can quickly locate and use
what you need to.’
‘To help us to find you, if you do get into difficulty,
consider joining the MCA’s voluntary CG66 safety identification scheme.’
https://www.gov.uk/register-boat-coastguard-safety-scheme
You can view video of the rescue on this link.
https://youtu.be/ER0bf9mhoMI
You can view video of the rescue on this link.
https://youtu.be/ER0bf9mhoMI