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RNLI went to the aid of a woman seen to be struggling for some time to regain her capsized sailing dinghy today.
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Cowes Atlantic 85 lifeboat, Sheena Louise, was rededicated by the station’s chaplain to officially mark its return after undergoing a refurbishment at the RNLI’s East Cowes-based Inshore Lifeboat Centre.
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The Friends of St Mary’s Hospital have spent nearly £24,000 on two types of important additional equipment for Island ambulances.
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A 20 foot fishing boat, Loose Cannon, with four men aboard, was involved in a violent collision in Cowes Harbour in the early hours of this morning.
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Crew and lifeboats from lifeboat stations in or close-by the Solent area descended on Cowes last weekend for a grand get-together.
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Despite the strong current and water temperature (7.5 celsius - or 45.5 Fahrenheit), most of the brave swimmers finished the course and raised nearly £600 for the RNLI.
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Complete night-time power failure for a yacht in the Solent’s shipping lane led to the urgent launching of Cowes RNLI lifeboat.
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A number of young people were given a thorough insight into the life-saving work at Cowes lifeboat station last weekend.
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As well as praise for the efficient use of the Inshore Lifeboat centre in East Cowes, it was revealed that the Island raised £329,515 net for the RNLI in the last year.
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The Cowes RNLI was called out just before midnight on Friday night to a woman in distress on the Lord Nelson training ship.
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A couple, trapped by an incoming tide and a treacherous cliff, as well as the police officer who went to their aid, were rescued by Cowes RNLI lifeboat on Sunday afternoon.
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Towing action for Cowes RNLI on Friday and Saturday this week.
