Volunteers from Barrow RNLI were called out to help recover a yacht which had run aground.
The RNLI was called at around 5.40am yesterday, Thursday August 15, to the yacht, which was off Hodbarrow Point near Haverigg and had two people on board.
It had sailed from the Isle of Man.
The inshore lifeboat, Grace Dixon, was launched at 6.20am under the command of coxswain Shaun Charnley and a crew of six.
Barrow RNLI said: “The Coastguard requested the Barrow lifeboat to go to the scene and stand off in deeper water whilst the Haverigg Inshore Rescue boat attempted to refloat the yacht on the rising tide.
“There were concerns that the casualty vessel might get into difficulty once refloated in the deteriorating weather.
“The lifeboat proceeded at full speed along the west side of Walney Island and reached the mouth of the Duddon Estuary at 7.10am where it was instructed to stand by.
“However, the yacht was unable to be refloated on the high tide and consequently, the lifeboat was stood down at 8.20am.”
As the Grace Dixon was making its way back to Barrow, it was tasked again by the Coastguard to investigate an Emergency Position Indicating Beacon alarm from a crew transfer vessel berthed at the Lead-in Jetty, north of Ramsden Dock Entrance in Walney Channel.
Furness Coastguard also attended the incident and soon established that the unit had been activated accidentally.
With nobody on board in any danger, the lifeboat returned to the Boathouse at Roa Island where it arrived at 9.45am.
