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23 June 2023
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HM Coastguard: Inflatables lead to multiple rescues, UK
The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team and Troon lifeboats have been particularly busy, with four incidents involving inflatables in the UK. Two of the incidents involved inflatable paddling pools with multiple people on board, with teams needing to step in quickly to return them to shore. One incident, on Thursday evening, 9 June 2023, saw the helicopter based at Prestwick needing to be called in to carry out a rescue when the paddling pool with three people on board started taking on water. The inflatable ended up so far offshore that the footage from the helicopter cannot see land.
The three were winched to safety before being returned to shore where they were met by Ardrossan and Ayr Coastguard Rescue Teams.
Another incident in the area involved a dinghy with four people on board as well as two people in difficulty on a paddleboard.
Newhaven lifeboat has also been called to recover a family being blown offshore, this time in a dinghy, while Plymouth and Yealm Coastguard Rescue Teams were joined by partners in the rescue of four paddleboarders in difficulty in Bovisand Bay.
Kingsbridge and Bigbury Coastguard Rescue Teams and Hope Cove Independent Lifeboat also recovered four people stranded on rocks having been blown offshore on paddleboards from Leas Foot beach, Thurlestone, on Friday. The lifeboat was able to rescue everyone and bring them to the beach to be met and checked over by coastguard teams.
It follows the rescue of two people from an inflatable duck at Westward Ho! Beach on Tuesday.
Source: HM Coastguard, UK
The three were winched to safety before being returned to shore where they were met by Ardrossan and Ayr Coastguard Rescue Teams.
Another incident in the area involved a dinghy with four people on board as well as two people in difficulty on a paddleboard.
Newhaven lifeboat has also been called to recover a family being blown offshore, this time in a dinghy, while Plymouth and Yealm Coastguard Rescue Teams were joined by partners in the rescue of four paddleboarders in difficulty in Bovisand Bay.
Kingsbridge and Bigbury Coastguard Rescue Teams and Hope Cove Independent Lifeboat also recovered four people stranded on rocks having been blown offshore on paddleboards from Leas Foot beach, Thurlestone, on Friday. The lifeboat was able to rescue everyone and bring them to the beach to be met and checked over by coastguard teams.
It follows the rescue of two people from an inflatable duck at Westward Ho! Beach on Tuesday.
Source: HM Coastguard, UK