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Two shouts turned out to be false alarms, but better to be safe than sorry, say Cowes RNLI.
Joined4, February 2010
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The local RNLI lifeboat crew took part in the celebrations last week which saw royalty from around the word descend on Cowes.
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The importance of always wearing lifejacket was illustrated yesterday after a Cowes-based boat sank quickly after a collision. Well done to Cowes RNLI for their speedy rescue.
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Mechanical problems resulted in the first call-out, whilst the second was due to going aground at Bramble Bank and needing to be moved before the US car carrier, The Courage, reached it.
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Two RNLI Atlantic 85 lifeboats headed out of Cowes Harbour on a serious mission: to take aboard ‘casualties’ in mid-Solent from a Red Funnel car ferry.
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Fun and fund-raising came brilliantly together at and around Cowes RNLI’s lifeboat station on May Day, as hundreds of people responded to an invitation to participate in a Yellow Wellies event.
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Seven people, including a heavily pregnant woman and four children, none of whom were wearing life jackets were rescued by Cowes RNLI last night. Good work chaps!
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The advantage of the RNLI lifeboat carrying medical items such as glucose gel became evident this morning.
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Fellow dinghy sailors went to the rescue of a another in trouble last night.
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Pushing the boat out will take on many different meanings for Cowes RNLI on May Day Bank Holiday – Monday 4 May – as the lifeboat station invites the public to be part of a fund-raising Yellow Welly Fun Day.
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Three emergency services, including Cowes RNLI, went to the aid of two middle aged men who vainly tried to climb a cliff as part of their ambitious plan to walk round the Isle of Wight.
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Cowes RNLI and Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Station have both benefited from a coffee morning organised by a student at St Catherine's School in Ventnor.
