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Ryde Sands Catch Sailors Out

Ryde Sands Catch Sailors Out
By Chris Browning Mon, 02 July 2012 3:34PM

Ryde Sands proved they could still catch the sailors of Round The Island Race out on Saturday.

The lifeboat crew of Ryde Rescue 1 and Ryde Rescue 2 attended 22 boats that ran aground just after low water.

10 craft asked for the assistance from the lifeboats patrolling the sands.

12 of the vessels were happy to wait for the tide to rise and get themselves back into safe water

Gosport Independent Lifeboat were also called into action.

They were tasked to deal 2 incidents, one involving a yacht that had its steering jammed, and another that reported an engine fire at the mouth of the river Medina. Gosport crews checked that all was ok and isolated the electrics before proceeding in.

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