The patrol were at Studland yesterday monitoring a speed boat which had caught on a five knot buoy when a yacht declared a “Pan Pan” at the entrance to Poole harbour.
Having lost steerage they were in danger of drifting either onto the beach or on to the chain ferry.
The patrol arrived on scene to monitor and provide the operations room ( Solent Coastguard) with an update of what was happening. The yacht grounded on the beach just before the chain ferry.
Another yacht came to provide assistance along with the harbour master and then the Poole RNLI Lifeboat.
The lifeboat attached a tow line and managed to pull the vessel free taking it in tow back to Poole.
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