Cowes RNLI lifeboat once again proved its worth this Cowes Week yesterday (Tuesday), helping in two Solent incidents.
The lifeboat was first launched just after 1pm in response to a report of a man overboard from a yacht, east of Cowes Harbour’s breakwater.
The lifeboat eventually delivered the man to Trinity Landing, where Island coastguards handed him over to an ambulance, for onward delivery to St Mary’s Hospital, Newport.
Broken wrist on day-boat
Another emergency call followed, concerning a woman with a suspected broken wrist aboard a day-boat.
The lifeboat took the woman to Trinity Landing where a doctor member of the lifeboat station was waiting to carry out a preliminary assessment before she, too, was taken to hospital.
The lifeboat then began to tow the day-boat, with its two remaining occupants, into the harbour; where a harbour launch then took over to take the craft to a local marina.
News shared by George on behalf of Cowes RNLI. Ed
Image: © With kind permission of Nick Edwards
