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Over the past five years, there have been 65 deaths at the south east coast during the summer months of June, July and August – more than at any other time of the year.
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A yacht that went hard aground on the Bramble Bank in the Solent yesterday received help from Cowes and Hamble lifeboat.
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Two similar calls for Yarmouth RNLI but in both instances, the stricken vessels managed to free themselves without assistance.
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During Gaffers the Hong Kong Star fouled its propeller on unmarked lobster pot gear and needed assistance from the RNLI.
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The kayaker was one of four, who when taken aboard the yacht, he was suffering from hypothermia and very seasick.
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The RNLI is now calling on the public to fight their instincts and remember one simple action – floating – that could save lives from drowning.
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A jet-ski, bought just three days before, failed on a Gosport man, who had to be rescued from the shipping lane by Cowes RNLI and helped home by Red Funnel.
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Well done to all those who donated to the Yellow Welly event over the weekend, when the collect buckets passed through Cowes.
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A yachtsman who'd suffered a back injury was swiftly rescued by Cowes RNLI crew yesterday afternoon.
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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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Our best wishes to the woman who suffered back, neck and hip injuries after a heavy cliff fall on Sunday afternoon.
