Coastguard and Lifeboat recover boat

 

The Bank Holiday Coastguard patrol were diverted to a boat that had come ashore near to the Stone quay. 

Arriving on scene the owners with some help had managed to get the boat and three people on to a mooring however with possible damage and an engine failure the Swanage RNLI inshore lifeboat was requested to take the boat and occupants to safety. 

The lifeboat arrived whilst the Coastguard provided safety cover ashore and safely got the occupants to the quay returning to the boat and towing it to the boat park. 

With the boat at the slipway , the owners were assisted recovering the boat onto a trailer and out of the sea. 

Medical evacuation

 

The team along with colleagues from St Albans Coastguard , Both Swanage RNLI lifeboats and South Western Ambulance were tasked at 13.33 to north of Sheps Hollow to a male who had fallen off a wake board suffering  a leg and potential spinal injuries. 

Having managed to get the male ashore the family of the male had called for urgent assistance via the Coastguard Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) 

Arriving on scene , the male was treated for a neck and spinal injury before being transport by lifeboat back to their station and the waiting ambulance crew. 

A dingy, kayak , dog and a broken ankle

 The team were tasked along with St Albans Coastguard, Poole RNLI Lifeboat and Rescue 175 from Lee on Solent to a report of a capsized sail dinghy north of Knoll Beach Studland.  Numerous 999 calls from the public raised the alarm saying two persons were in the water.  The lifeboat arrived and brought one person ashore whilst the other managed to get ashore themselves.  

As the 1st incident was concluding a further incident of a kayaker at Old Harry was received. A paddle had been lost and the pair had made it ashore where they were reunited with their paddle and escorted back to shore by the lifeboat. 

It was then off to St Albans Heads and a report of Benjie the dog fallen from the cliff top onto a ledge below.  St Albans Coastguard and Swanage Coastguard attended and safely recovered the dog to the top and reunited with their owners.  The dog had been on a lead when somehow Benjie managed to slip the collar. 

One happy dog reunited with its owners. 

Finally around 6pm the team were tasked to near the pier after a female slipped on seaweed and possibly broke her  ankle.  The team provided first aid and safely moved the lady out of the way of the incoming tide.  Due to a delay for an ambulance the lady was stretchered to a private vehicle for the journey to hospital. 

Person pulled from water

 

The team along with the RNLI inshore lifeboat crew were tasked this morning at 1am to a report of a person in the water at the stone quay. 

Arriving on scene Dorset Police Officers had located one person on the steps pulled from the water by another person and some fisherman.

Colleagues from South Western Ambulance provided treatment to both people that had been in the water taking one to hospital. 

 

Hang on to your inflatables

 

Other inflatables are available. 

So this week , several inflatables have drifted off shore including beach balls , flounder fish and a unicorn. 

Thankfully no one has been on them and no one put themselves at risk trying to recover them. 

Today we have a strong  wind here in Swanage and we ask that inflatables are left at home. 

If you see anyone at risk or in trouble on the water 

999 Coastguard 

Badger reported at Old Harry

 

The team were tasked this morning to a report of a badger fallen at Old Harry. 

This was reported to the RSPCA last night and this morning they asked the Coastguard for assistance. 

A team has searched safely from the top of the cliffs but have been unable to locate anything at this time. 

The RSPCA will be attending tomorrow with a boat to further check the shore line. 

We ask the public not to put themselves at risk but to call Coastguard / RSPCA if there are further sightings.