RNLI (Swanage) come to the rescue again

[Robox]

Rescue today, two yachties in big trouble near Swanage,nice to know they are there if you need them.(Hope the links below work).
Rob C.

Video of rescue
news report

[Millermob]

video looks a bit nasty, woman didn't have the guts to jump into the lifeboat so had to be airlifted, not very nice on a monday morning

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by Millermob

video looks a bit nasty, woman didn't have the guts to jump into the lifeboat so had to be airlifted, not very nice on a monday morning

I don't blame her - the RIB was arse end in - she would have landed on the engines!!!

Some great videos - just wish some were a bit longer.

[Nos4r2]

Wonder why the yacht ended up there?

[TJ101]

A bit more info
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/eur...ey/4962024.stm

[Andy Moore]

Nasty business.

[Nos4r2]

It was in the Express today- they'd only owned it 2 weeks...

[codprawn]

Maybe they hadn't found the anchor.....

[Nos4r2]

I suspect some serious cluelessness from them TBH.Apparently the owner was in the cabin when it went into the rocks.

No-one in a yacht with any sense goes anywhere near Anvil point unless they have fairly good local knowledge. It goes from 30m to very shallow and rocky in a very short distance and the tides around it can be quite nasty at the wrong times.



Bloody good fishing there though at the right time It's one of my favourite areas round Poole/Swanage as the jetskiers don't usually go that far round.

[TJ101]

£250k and only 2 weeks old,,, seams the block only had a one week course

report says he is a banker,, think a spelling mistake myself !! the Times do not know thier B's from W's

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...160603,00.html