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Last Shout For Cowes RNLI Crew Member To Yacht Needing Assistance

Cowes RNLI lifeboat was called to the aid of a yacht in a choppy Western Solent last night (Saturday), which had a hopelessly jammed jib.

To add to the problems for the two men aboard the stricken boat - they could not start the engine.

Their plight was originally reported to Coastguards by another vessel. Fortuitously, Cowes lifeboat was already afloat, taking part in a routine exercise, and the call to help came through at 12.52 pm.

After eventually sorting out the jib the lifeboat towed the yacht to a mooring in Beaulieu River, and returned to station at 3.15 pm.

Although the ‘shout’ was not so dramatic as some involving Cowes lifeboat, it proved particularly memorable for Chris Adams, for whom this could well be the last time he serves as a crew member.

Chris, who on the 9th August will be 55, when crew members are obliged to stand down, had been with the lifeboat for ten years.

Chris said:

“I would like to stay as crew, but obviously younger people are coming through to fill my place"

He also said his local business, making bespoke globes, was these days taking up so much of his time.

He added:

“But I shall not be leaving the station completely. I will become part of the shore crew.”

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