Barrow RNLI’s crew was called out twice over the weekend.
A yacht had become stranded in Morecambe Bay.
The volunteer crew launched their inshore lifeboat yesterday, Sunday March 22, at around 12.40pm after a call that the 28ft yacht had suffered engine failure around a mile east of Haws Point.
The yacht had one person on board.
Inshore lifeboat Raymond and Dorothy Billingham, was launched at 1.05pm with Adam Cleasby at the helm along with crew, Michael Armstrong and Phil Jackson.
The lifeboat reached the vessel at 1.20pm and established that its engine had overheated and was in need of repair.
Barrow RNLI said: “After careful consideration and the likelihood that the vessel would be left aground at low water in the evening, it was decided that the safest option was to take the casualty under tow to a safe mooring.
!With a line attached the yacht was towed to a mooring off Piel Island to enable the vessel’s owner to undertake the necessary repairs.
The lifeboat returned to the boathouse at 2.40pm.
On Saturday, March 21, at around 12.20pm, Barrow RNLI was called following reports of a small dinghy adrift in Walney Channel.
A crew transfer vessel operating out of Barrow had encountered the unoccupied two-metre dinghy.
Inshore lifeboat Raymond and Dorothy Billingham, was launched at 12.25pm with Adam Cleasby at the helm along with crew, Nic Johnson and Luke Wilkinson.
The lifeboat, which had been out on exercise earlier in the day, was tasked by the Coastguard to head out to the dinghy and assess the situation once on scene.
Barrow RNLI said: “The lifeboat reached the casualty vessel, which was in the vicinity of the Halfway Shoal Beacon, at 12.39pm and because it was in the navigation channel it presented a hazard to other vessels.
“It was decided that the best option was to take the dinghy under tow to a place of safety. A line was attached and the vessel was brought to the Foulney Island car park area where it was beached.”
The lifeboat returned to the boathouse at 2.30pm
