A sailor was rescued by the RNLI after his yacht ran aground in Morecambe Bay.
Barrow RNLI was called at around 1.30pm yesterday, Friday June 20, and was told a yacht was stuck between Barrow and Fleetwood.
The Coastguard had been unable to contact the yacht by radio.
Barrow RNLI launched the Raymond and Dorothy Billingham at 2pm, with Saul Tomlin at the helm assisted by crew Nic Johnson and Liam Cooke.
The lifeboat headed out along Walney Channel before turning to the south east and the the crew located the yacht aground on Mort Bank.
There was one person on board the yacht who had mis-timed the tide for their passage from Piel Island to Fleetwood. Low water had just passed at 1.34pm.
Barrow RNLI said: “With the yacht and crew member safe and awaiting the incoming tide to refloat their vessel the lifeboat crew passed the details over to the Coastguard who requested the casualty to inform them once he was refloated and back underway to Fleetwood.”
