A kitesurfer was rescued by Barrow RNLI after getting into difficulty.
Barrow RNLI’s volunteer crew was called out at around 2.15pm yesterday, Sunday October 20, in response to reports of a person in the water.
The information received was that a kitesurfer had got into difficulty near Foulney Island after the casualty had become separated from their board.
The crew was paged and the inshore lifeboat, Raymond and Dorothy Billingham, was launched at 2.28pm with Jonny Long at the helm along with crew, Saul Tomlin and Fraser Livesey.
Barrow RNLI said: “In challenging conditions, the lifeboat located the casualty who had managed to cling on to a mooring buoy on the east side of Roa Island.
“The casualty had tried to swim to the shore but in the strengthening wind was unable make any progress.
“The casualty, who by now had been in the water for some 20 minutes, was taken on board the lifeboat and handed over to the team from Furness Coastguard who were waiting at the Foulney Island car park.”
With the casualty safe, the lifeboat returned to the boathouse at 2.57pm.
