Bridlington's All Weather Lifeboat was called out last night.
Humber Coastguard called on the Bridlington RNLI team just before 6:30pm on Tuesday to locate and assist a 10m yacht suffering engine failure. 10 miles south of flambrough head.
Once in the water it took roughly 40 minutes for the All Weather Boat (ALB) to arrive on scene, with a South easterly force 6 and 2 meter swell it was decided by Steve Emmerson the coxswain to place two crew aboard the casualty vessel.
The RNLI team say:
"The crew made the ALB ready to transfer the crew with the rough conditions this wasn’t an easy task. The two crew was Jordan Harrison and Sarah Berry. Once the coxswain manoeuvred the lifeboat alongside the crew had to pick the right time to go. When the crew was on the yacht they assessed the lone sailor and decided he was well enough to stay aboard the yacht. Then the decision was made to tow the yacht 2hrs back to Bridlington harbour."
Once inside Bridlington harbour the lifeboat brought the yacht alongside and took it to a visitors pontoon, leaving it in the care of Bridlington Coastguard Rescue Team.
The ALB was refuelled and made ready for service again for 12:00am
ALB CREW
- Steve Emmerson- coxswain
- Andy Rogers - mechanic
- Andy Webber - navigator
- Jordan Harrison - helm
- Jason Webber - radar
- Sarah Berry - casualty care
- Head launcher - Dave Coverdale
- Launch and recovery driver - Bob Taylor


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