Shouts

Ryde Inshore Rescue

Registered Charity No 278166

SHOUTS AND RESCUES

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Summary of Incidents 2011

Year ending	Number of incidents	Persons rescued
31st Dec 2011	51 to 26 Apr
31st Dec 2010	83	271

Details of latest Incidents

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Summary of Incidents 2010

Year ending	Number of incidents	Persons rescued
31st Dec 2010	47 (to 25th Oct)	103
31st Dec 2009	83	271

Details of Incidents

INCIDENT NUMBER.	DATE	TIME	INCIDENT	LOCATION	PERSONS ASSISTED	MAINLAND OR ISLAND	TYPE
1	1st Jan	2:25	Contacted by HMCG to investigate Surf boarder reported to be in difficulties. Assistance not required as surf boarder was coping well with the conditions	Ryde Sands	-	Island	Surfer
2	31st Jan	11:00	Tasked by HMCG to investigate floating object off Ryde Pier, considered to be a hazard to shipping. Located the object, a Tree trunk, and towed it to shore at the Recue Centre	2 cables North of Ryde Pier	-	Island	Misc
3	12th March	15:00	Paged by HMCG to assist 32ft Yacht Just Jazz aground on Ryde sands. Towed vessel off sands and into deep water	Ryde sands	4	mainland	Yacht Mr Rajen Shah
4	14th March	15:44	Paged by HMCG to investigate person on the outer bank reported to be in the water. Drove Lifeboat to edge of water on outer bank and checked out reported casualty who was not in the water and was OK	Ryde sands	1	Island	Bather
5	18th March	13:08	Paged by HMCG to investigate Houseboat fire in Wootton Creek. Launched and stood by on scene assisting Fire and Coastguard services	Wootton Creek	1	Island	Misc
6	27th March	20:07	Car stuck on Ryde sands in front of HQ. Used tractor to pull it clear of danger and back onto Esplanade	Appley sands	1	mainland	Misc
7	3rd April	17:30	Kite Surfer in difficulties on outer sand bank. Used Launch vehicle to reach him and return him to point of safety on esplanade	Ryde sands outer bank	1	Island	Surfer
8	4th April	17:12	Tasked by HMCG to assist 22ft motor cruiser with engine failure; Towed to Langstone harbour	North of Ryde harbour	3	Mainland	Motor boat
9	9th April	14:55	Paged by HMCG to assist powerboat aground on Ryde Sands: Towed into deep water	Ryde outer bank	3	Mainland	Motor boat
10	13th April		At request of HMCG manned station and maintained visual watch during communications failure of HMCG at Lee on the Solent	Solent		Mainland	Misc
11	15th April	22:05	Paged by HMCG to assist 46 ft Sunseeker motor cruiser aground on Ryde sands. Put out anchor and when casualty refloated escorted to Ryde harbour	Ryde sands	3	Mainland	Motor boat
12	18th April	17:03	Tasked by HMCG to assist 17ft Motorboat with engine failure on Ryde Sands. Assisted casualty to its home base at Gosport	Ryde sands	4	Mainland	Motor boat
13	18th April	18:45	Tasked by QHM Portsmouth to investigate a sinking yacht at Spider Lake Fareham. Checked that no occupants on board and informed harbour police.	Fareham Creek	-	Mainland	Yacht
14	25th April	16:47	Tasked by HMCG to assist 22ft motor cruiser with engine failure. Towed to Southampton water and handed casualty over to Hamble Rescue	Osborne Bay	4	Mainland	Motor boat
15	5th May	13:04	Tasked by HMCG to investigate report of capsized yacht/dinghy. Searched area but nothing found – stood down by HMCG	Off Ryde pier	-	Island	dinghy
16	8th May	12:49	Paged by HMCG to assist motor cruiser aground on Ryde sands. Towed into deep water	Ryde sands	6	Mainland	Motor boat
17	9th May	15:42	Tasked by HMCG to assist yacht aground on Ryde sands. Launched but assistance not required as casualty refloated itself	Ryde sands	-	Island	Yacht
18	15th May	13:50	Whilst on patrol assisted capsized rowing skiff. Righted the craft and returned ashore at Appley	Off Ryde Esplanade	1	Island	dinghy
19	16th May	12:19	Paged by HMCG to assist broken down RIB. Towed into Ryde harbour	N. of Ryde Harbour	2	Mainland	Motor boat
20	22nd May	14:39	Paged by HMCG and requested to clear Ryde sands of people as a fog bank was rolling in from the sea on an incoming tide	Ryde Sands	-	Island	Misc
21	23rd May	16:22	A member of public collapsed near Appley Café. Rendered assistance until ambulance came	HQ area	1	Island	First aid
22	25th May	16:15	Self launched to assist car stuck in mud endangered by incoming tide at Binstead. Unsuccessfully attempted to pull free but returned next day with tractor and towed to dry land	Binstead beach	1	Island	Misc
23	4th June	14:46	Paged by HMCG to find parents of small child found on Ryde beach. Parents found after search and reunited with child	Appley beach	1	Island	Lost child
24	19th June	13:02	Tasked by HMCG to assist Jet Ski with failed engine. Located the craft off Fishbourne and took under tow towards Hamble. Tow later handed over to Calshot Lifeboat	Peel Bank Buoy	2	Mainland	Jet ski
25	19th June	14:03	Following a collision between yacht Scamp and another Yacht in the Round the Island race, picked up the towing of Scamp from Sandown Lifeboat and continued it to Osborne Bay area where it was taken in tow by Calshot Lifeboat	SE Solent	2	Mainland	Yacht
26	26th June	12:45	Requested by Ryde Lifeguards to assist in search for missing child. After a short search the child was found and reunited with its parents	Appley Beach	1	Island	Lost child
27	23rd June	16:40	Tasked by HMCG to assist 28 ft yacht aground on Ryde sands. Used tractor to check that all OK and happy to await incoming tide.	100 m off Ryde harbour	6	Mainland	Yacht
28	9th July	18:40	Paged by HMCG to assist a speed boat broken down west of Ryde Pier. Located the craft and towed it to RVYC at Fishbourne.	West Ryde Sands	1	Island	Motor boat
29	10th July	16:30	Paged by HMCG to search for 2 missing children on Ryde Sands. Children found at waters edge ½ mile from Esplanade and reunited with its parents	Ryde sands off Appley	2	Island	Lost child
30	13th July	2010	Paged by HMCG to assist recover person in the water near Ryde pier. Stood down during launch sequence as police had recovered the person unaided	Western Esplanade	-	Island	Misc
31	17th July	08:00	Paged by HMCG to assist 26ft yacht Occurrence aground on the outer Ryde sand bank. Laid out anchor and later assisted to tow off bank on incoming tide	200m NW of sands head post	3	Mainland	Yacht
32	17th July	12:00	Whilst returning from incident 31 above, went to the assistance of a 26ft Yacht Emma also aground on Ryde sands. Put line on board and towed into deep water	50m NW of sands head post	5	Mainland	Yacht
33	24th July	16:07	Tasked by HMCG to rescue small inflatable dinghy off Ryde Sand which had broken an oar and was out of control. Recovered the dinghy and also another on the way back which was unable to combat the strong off shore wind and returned them to a place of safety onshore. Took two of dinghies crew to HQ and treated them for mild hypothermia	Off Appley beach	6	Island	inflatable
34	31st July	19:30	Paged by HMCG to assist 16ft Fetcher Motor boat with engine failure. Took in tow towards Bembridge but unable to reach the Harbour due to low tide. Put vessel on mooring at Seaview. Returned crew to HQ where two of them where treated for mild Hypothermia in waiting ambulance	Off Ryde Sands	4	Island	Motor boat
35	20th Aug	18:15	Paged by HMCG to go to the aid of a Fletcher 15 speedboat with Engine failure. Towed casualty to Gosport and beached the craft	Mother bank	2	mainland	Motor boat
36	21st Aug	01:00	Paged by HMCG to assist person in water off Binstead beach. Carried out search but person found by Police safe on shore. Continued search until Police confirmed all Persons accounted for.	Players Beach Binstead	1	Island	Misc
37	25th Aug	13:55	Went to the assistance of a Jet ski aground near Puckpool . Using the tractor took trailer to casualty and assisted to load Jet ski on it. Towed back to Appley	Off Puckpool Park	1	Island	Jetski
38	2nd Sept	18:13	Paged by HMCG to investigate a drifting dinghy off Ryde pier. Located dinghy and towed to Ryde harbour where it was handed back to the owner	2 Cables north of Ryde Pier	1	Island	Dinghy
39	3rd Sept	11:59	Paged by HMCG to assist 29 ft yacht Tempest aground on Ryde sands. Towed casualty into deep water where it continued its journey.	Ryde Sands	3	mainland	Yacht
40	4th Sept	13:20	Tasked by HMCG to assist Sunsail 42 yacht aground on Ryde sands. Checked that all was OK and stood by as casualty refloated her self on incoming tide	Ryde Sands	5	mainland	Yacht
41	5th Sept	16:00	Whilst on exercise went to the aid of an 18 ft motor boat aground at the entrance of Southsea Marina. Towed into deep water and onto Eastney slip where trailing was waiting	Langstone Harbour	4	mainland	Motor boat
42	8th Sept	12:21	Requested by HMCG to search for missing swimmer off Appley beach. .Carried out search but swimmer found safe on beach	Off Appley beach	1	Island	Swimmer
43	19th Sept	17:46	Tasked by HMCG to investigate 45ft yacht Thalaca aground on Ryde sands. Checked that all was OK and stood by as casualty refloated her self on incoming tide	Ryde Sands	4	mainland	Yacht

44	10th Oct	10:56	Launched to assist 37ft Yacht Sunsail 10 aground on Ryde Sands. Assisted in floating off the casualty from the bank and escorted into deep water	Ryde Sands	8	mainland	Yacht
45	11th Oct	21:08	Paged by HMCG to conduct a shoreline search on Ryde sands for person in distressed condition. Person found safe ashore before search could be initiated	Ryde Sands	-	island	Misc
46	13th Oct	15:02	Paged by HMCG to investigate 18ft cuddy cruiser Highland Lassie aground at Puckpool. Towed off beach and into Ryde harbour	Puckpool Point	2	Island	Motor Boat
47	16th Oct	13:42	Paged by HMCG to investigate 32ft Yacht Hiahong aground on Ryde sands. Towed vessel off bank and into deep water	Ryde sands	2	mainland	Yacht

Summary of Incidents 2009

Year ending	Number of incidents	Persons rescued
31st Dec 2009	83	271
31st Dec 2008	59	126

Details of Incidents

INCIDENT NUMBER.	DATE	TIME	INCIDENT	LOCATION	PERSONS ASSISTED	MAINLAND OR ISLAND	TYPE
1	11 Jan	12:45	Went to the assistance of 18ft motorboat with engine failure. Towed to slipway in Ryde Harbour	Ryde Harbour	2	Island	Motor boat
2	26 Feb	23:58	Paged by HMCG to go to assistance of Person who jumped off Ryde Pier. Launched but then stood down as person had been recovered from water	Ryde Pier	-	Island	Misc
3	9 Mar	13:54	Paged by HMCG to assist 40 ft Yacht aground on Ryde sands. Laid out anchor and assisted to tow into deep water on incoming tide at18:30	East Ryde sands	5	Mainland	Yacht
4	22 Mar	15:39	Launched at request of HMCG to investigate dinghy off Seaview. Found dinghy abandoned on beach. Carried out search for occupants but nothing found	Seaview	-	Island	Dinghy
5	5 April	11:45	Tasked by HMCG to assist 30 ft yacht with engine failure. Towed to Gosport Marina	Spithead Swashway	2	Mainland	Yacht
6	6 April	15:30	Missing Child reported. Child found in Canoe Lake area and search and was reunited with parents	Ryde Beach/ Esplanade	1	Island	Missing Child
7	8 April	12:52	Paged by HMCG to investigate unturned Dinghy on Binstead beach. Found dinghy abandoned on beach. Carried out search for occupants but nothing found	Binstead Players shore	-	Island	Dinghy
8	14 April	15:45	Paged by HMCG to assist 36 ft Yacht with engine failure. Towed to Gosport Marina	North Ryde Middle	2	Mainland	Yacht
9	19 April	12:36	Tasked by HMCG to assist 25 ft Yacht aground on Ryde sands. Towed into deep water	East Ryde sands	2	Mainland	Yacht
10	19 April	12:49	Tasked by Bembridge Coastguard to search for missing person off St Helens. Casualty found ashore safe and well	Nodes Point ST Helens	1	Island	Misc
11	24 April	15:00	Paged by HMCG to assist Sunsail Yacht aground off Ryde Sands. Laid out anchor and assisted to tow into deep water on incoming tide at 20:35	East Ryde sands	8	Mainland	Yacht
12	30 April	12:00	Paged by HMCG to assist abandoned Surf board off Ryde Pier. Recovered the board and gear and brought ashore	50 M north of Ryde Pier Head	1	Island	Wind Surfer
13	2 May	14:30	Paged by HMCG to assist 3 Children stuck under Ryde Pier in a small dinghy. Recovered children and boat: one child was suffering from exposure and was transferred to a waiting ambulance. Returned the boat to Ryde harbour where Police interviewed the other two children as the boat was stolen	Ryde Pier	3	Island	Dinghy
14	7 May	14:30	Paged by HMCG to assist persons stuck in mud in Wootton Creek in a dinghy. Put line on board the dinghy and pulled it into deep water: towed to safe haven in the creek	½ mile from the entrance to Wootton Creek	2	Island	Dinghy
15	22 May	20:44	Paged by HMCG to attend to an injured man on the rocks at Binstead. Recovered the casualty on to a stretcher and then ferried him to waiting ambulance at Ryde Harbour. Returned to recovered two other people with him cut off by the tide at St Thomas slipway	Players Shore Binstead	3	Island	Misc.
16	29 May	17:02	Paged by HMCG to rescue 2 children in a small inflatable. Launched but stood down as casualties returned ashore unaided	Off Ryde Harbour	-	Mainland	Inflatable
17	30 May	16:45	Tasked by HMCG to assist Kite surfer in difficulties off Ryde Sands. Recovered surfer and craft and returned ashore at Seaview	Ryde Sands	1	Island	Windsurfer
18	5 June	21:05	Paged by HMCG to assist a motor cruiser with a failed engine. Recovered the craft and towed to Ryde Harbour	Hovercraft Slipway	2	Island	Motor boat
19	5 June	22:08	Tasked by HMCG to investigate suspicious motor boat without navigation lights or lifesaving equipment off Ryde harbour. Warned occupants of dangers of going to sea without correct equipment	Off Ryde Harbour	2	Island	Motor boat
20	6 June	16:03	Paged by HMCG to assist a 37 ft yacht with a rope around its prop. Unable to clear the prop so towed the vessel to Chichester	5000 m E of Sturbridge Buoy	6	Mainland	Yacht
21	8 June	12:55	Tasked by HMCG to assist a Motor boat with engine failure off Ryde Pier. Towed casualty to Ryde harbour	N of Ryde Pier	2	Mainland	Motor boat
22	13 June	8:50	Paged by HMCG to assist 27 ft yacht that was leaking. Stopped leak and towed to Chichester Harbour	¾ mile E of Ryde Pier	3	Mainland	Yacht
23	13 June	13:30	Paged by HMCG to assist 3 people in difficulties in the water off Cornwall St slipway. Launch but stood down as casualties recovered by Lifeguards	Cornwall St. Slipway	-	Island	Bathers
24	14 June	17:35	Tasked by HMCG to investigate a small dinghy adrift off Fishbourne. Recovered dinghy, that was in shipping channel, and towed to RVYC pontoon	Approach to Fishbourne	-	Island	Dinghy
25	15 June	15:23	Tasked by HMCG to assist Kayaker in difficulties in Stokes Bay Recovered casualty and took to shore at Lee on the Solent	Stokes Bay	1	Island	Canoe
26	17 June	10:10	Tasked by HMCG and Portsmouth EOD to locate suspected ordnance on Ryde Sands. Extensive search carried out but nothing suspicious found.	Ryde Sands	-		Misc
27	19 June	11:50	Paged by HMCG to assist 32ft Yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Towed vessel off bank and into deep water – no damage	Ryde Sands	4	Mainland	yacht
28	20 June	16:35	On patrol - went to assistance of 40 ft yacht Ballistic in Round the Island race but aground on Ryde Sands. Towed into deep water	End of Ryde Sands	8	Mainland	yacht
29	20 June	16:41	Went to assistance of 20 ft yacht Mandarin in Round the Island race but aground on Ryde Sands. Towed into deep water	End of Ryde Sands	4	Island	yacht
30	20 June	16:50	Went to assistance of 20 ft yacht Persuasion in Round the Island race but aground on Ryde Sands. Towed into deep water	End of Ryde Sands	4	Island	yacht
31	20 June	18:00	Went to assistance of Fast Cat Shanklin aground on Ryde Sands. Stood by whilst tugs towed her into deep water	End of Ryde Sands	69	mainland	Misc
32	27 June	19:21	Tasked by HMCG to assist 18ft Motor boat aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to tow off but gave advice and helped one crew member to catch ferry to mainland	Ryde Sands	4	Mainland	Motor boat

33	14th July	23.40	Paged by HM Coastguard to assist the police following reports of suspicious object thrown into the sea from Ryde pier head. Extensive search by both lifeboats but nothing found and search called off by HM Coastguard.	Ryde Pier	0	Island	misc
34	15th July	08.20	Following above incident took diving team to Ryde Pier to continue search under water Returned 4 hours later but nothing found.	Ryde	0	Island	misc
35	17th July	11.40	Paged by HM Coastguard to assist yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Towed into deep water.	Ryde sands	4	Mainland	Yacht
36	17th July	17.40	Paged by HMCG to capsized yacht off Wootton Creek. Righted craft and returned it to Fishbourne.	Fishbourne	1	Island	Yacht
37	18th July	13.33	Paged by HMCG to assist dismasted yacht off Seaview. Took vessel in tow to Fishbourne and put ashore at RVYC.	Seaview	2	Mainland	Yacht
38	20th July	20.06	Paged by HMCG to assist with Beach search. In spite of extensive search nothing found. Stood down	Ryde	-
39	24th July	00.30	Paged by HMCG to attend man threatening to jump of Ryde Pier. Stood down before launch as man was put in custody by police.	Ryde	1	Island	Misc
40	2nd August	13.18	Tasked by HMCG to assist with small dinghy with engine failure in Seagrove Bay. Managed to restart engine and casualty continued on journey	Seagrove Bay	3	Island	Dinghy
41	2nd August	14.45	Search for missing child on Ryde Sands. Child reunited with parents.	Ryde beach	1	Island	Missing child
42	6th August	15.46	Paged by HMCG to assist 40 ft yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to refloat and laid out anchor. Waited for in coming tide.	Ryde Sands	7	Mainland	Yacht
43	7th August	22.07	Tasked by HMCG to assist RIB which hit Ryde sands at high speed. Pulled casualty in to deep water and checked for damaged. All OK.	Ryde Sands	3	Island	RIB
44	8th August	09:00	Paged by HMCG to rescue people cut off by the tide near Ryde pier. Launched and carried out search but no one found. Believe they came ashore unaided	Ryde Sands	-	Island	bathers
45	8th August	17:46	Paged by HMCG to assist speedboat which hit the sandbank at high speed. After checking for injuries and damage, towed casualty to Gunwharf at Portsmouth	Ryde sands	5	Mainland	Motorboat
46	9th August	11:39	Launched to check on drifting inflatable crossing Ryde sands. Recovered craft and occupants (small children) and returned them to their parents on shore	Ryde Sands	5	Island	Inflatable
47	11th August	18:40	Paged by HMCG to assist 38 ft yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to tow off because of falling tide so put casualties’ anchor. When tide rose towed them into deep water	Ryde Sands	2	Island	Yacht
48	12th August	13:38	Lost child brought to HQ. Search for parent, found at Appley café and reunited with child	Appley beach	1	Island	Lost child
49	12th August	15:14	Launched to rescue young girl waving for help out of her depth. Rescued the girl and returned her to shore to her mother	Appley foreshore	1	Island	Bather
50	16th August	15:52	Tasked by HMCG to assist Yacht that had become entangled with at drifting yacht’s anchor line. Untangled the anchor line and freed up casualty. Repositioned drifting yacht to owners instructions.	Priory Bay	3	Mainland	Yacht
51	19th August	15:10	Missing child on Ryde sands. Searched area and found missing child and reunited her with parent	Ryde Harbour Beach	1	Island	Lost child
52	19th August	22:34	Paged by HMCG to investigate speeding boat behaving in an erratic manner. Took Police to vessel for them to reprimand owner for driving in a dangerous way	Ryde shingle bank	2	Island	Motor boat
53	20th August	09:58	Paged by HMCG to assist yacht with rope caught around prop. Casualty reported to have declined our assistance and instead phoned RNLI Bembridge to assist him	Mining ground area	-	Island	Yacht
54	23rd August	14:30	Launched to assist motorboat with engine failure. Towed casualty into Ryde harbour	End of Ryde Pier	3	Island	Motor boat
55	23rd August	16:26	Tasked by HMCG to assist Fishing Boat with engine failure Towed to Portsmouth where tow was handed over to Gosport & Fareham Inshore Rescue	No mans Land Fort	2	mainland	Motor boat
56	23rd August	16:31	Tasked by HMCG to use Ryde Rescue 2 to assist 14 ft motorboat with engine failure. Towed casualty to Wootton creek	Osborne Bay	2	Island	Motor boat
57	23rd August	17:00	Carried out search for missing child. Child found after 20 min. and reunited with parents	Ryde beach	1	Island	Lost child
58	24th August	08:20	Paged by HMCG to assist Fishing vessel with a roped around its prop. Unable to free prop and towed casualty to Cowes harbour	East of Ryde Sands	5	Island	Motor boat
59	29th August	10:02	Paged by HMCG to assist Sunsail yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Laid out anchor as unable to tow off sand bank	Ryde sands	7	Mainland	Yacht
60	29th August	13:30	Tasked by HMCG to assist yacht aground on Ryde sands. Towed casualty into deep water where it carried on its journey	Ryde sands	3	Mainland	Yacht
61	29th August	15:15	Tasked by HMCG to assist 32 ft Yacht Atlantide aground on Ryde sands. Towed casualty into deep water where it carried on its journey	Ryde sands	4	Mainland	Yacht
62	29th August	15:27	Tasked by HMCG to assist 28 ft Yacht Sunrise aground on Ryde sands. Towed casualty into deep water where it carried on its journey	Ryde sands	3	Mainland	Yacht
63	29th August	15:27	Tasked by HMCG to assist 36 ft Yacht Antaria aground on Ryde sands. Towed casualty into deep water where it carried on its journey	Ryde sands	6	Mainland	Yacht
64	29th August	12:32	Launched to assist Yacht Sarabande aground on Ryde sands. Towed casualty into deep water where it carried on its journey	Ryde sands	2	Mainland	Yacht
65	30th August	19:26	Paged by HMCG to assist Motorboat with engine failure. Casualty managed to restart engine and RR1 escorted her to Bembridge harbour	Off Ryde Pier	7	Island	Motor boat
66	31st August	15:15	Tasked by HMCG (Bembridge Mobile) to search for missing Child on ryde sands. Search initiated and child found safe and well after 10 mins.	Ryde sands	1	Island	Missing child
67	8th Sept	16:35	Paged by HMCG to go to the aid of a child swimmer in difficulties east of Ryde Pier. Arrived on scene but child had returned ashore unaided.	Ryde esplanade -East	-	Island	Bather
68	13th Sept	15:06	Tasked by HMCG to assist Yacht Twink aground on Ryde sands. Put line onboard & towed casualty into deep water	Ryde sands	3	mainland	Yacht
69	13th Sept	16:40	Tasked by HMCG to assist a capsized Catamaran dinghy; assisted to right the craft and towed to Hayling Island Sailing Club	Between the forts	2	mainland	Dinghy
70	23rd Sept	09:12	Paged by HMCG to assist yacht Tern which had lost its rudder. Towed causality to Ryde and after waiting for the tide to rise put ashore at Ryde Harbour	Osborne Bay	1	Island	Yacht
71	27th Sept	13;38	Tasked by HMCG to go to the aid of two small hovercraft sinking. In conjunction with Gosport Rescue recovered both hovercraft and transported them & crew to Elmsmore Point, Lee on Solent	Osborne Bay	4	Mainland	Misc (hovercraft)
72	27th Sept	15:00	Whilst on patrol assisted Yacht Fulmar with engine failure and towed it to Ryde harbour	Ryde sands head post	1	Island	yacht
73	27th Sept	16:00	Tasked by HMCG to assist dory with engine failure outside Ryde Harbour Put Line on board and towed to Gosport Marina	North of Ryde Harbour	3	Mainland	Dinghy
74	27th Sept	17:30	Tasked by HMCG to investigate a speedboat with failed engine and crew possibly intoxicated. Took 2 crew onboard and escorted the causality, under tow by QHM patrol boat, to Langston harbour	Mid Solent	4	mainland	Motorboat
75	7th Oct	01:00	Paged by HMCG to recover a sinking fishing craft in Ryde harbour. Towed ashore in harbour	Ryde harbour	1	Island	Dinghy
76	9th Oct	11:35	Paged by HMCG to assist 37ft Sunsail yacht aground on Ryde Sands Escorted causality off the sands and on its journey towards Cowes	Ryde Sands	7	Mainland	Yacht
77	18th Oct	16:15	Tasked by HMCG to search for fishing dinghy missing from Ryde Harbour. Located the vessel and towed back to Ryde Harbour	North of Ryde harbour	1	Island	dinghy

24th Oct

12:09

Paged by HMCG to go to assistance of a 44ft yacht aground on Ryde sands. Unable to launch because a land Rover and trailer was blocking the slipway. The casualty eventually managed to free itself from the sands

Outer bank Ryde Sands

Mainland

Yacht

79	27th Oct	16:07	Paged by HMCG to go to assistance of a Jet Ski with engine failure. Located casualty and tow it to the shop at Wootton	North of Fishbourne creek	2	Island	Jet Ski
80	27th Oct	17:04	Tasked by HMCG to search for 6ft skiff believed to be in difficulties in mid solent off the Seaview area.. carried out extensive search but nothing found and search called off by HMCG after 1 hour on failing light	Mid Solent in the area of No man’s land fort	-	Island	Dinghy
81	4th Nov	11:57	Tasked by HMCG to stand by Cross Solent Hovercraft Solent Express with engine fire en route to Southsea. Stood by whilst fire extinguished by Hovercraft’s crew. Vessel then continued to Southsea on her own power.	Mid Solent	16	Island	Misc
82	19th Dec	11:45	Paged by HMCG to investigate and recover semi submerged day fishing boat .Bailed out and towed to Ryde Harbour	Off Player’s Beach	1	Island	Motor Boat
83	27th Dec	11:15	Self launched to assist 24ft Yacht Nisa Lady aground on Ryde sands. Stood by as she refloated and escorted into deep water	Ryde Sands	1	Mainland	Yacht

Summary of Incidents 2008

Year ending	Number of incidents	Persons rescued
31st Dec 2008	57	124
31st Dec 2007	38	86

Details of Incidents

INCIDENT NUMBER.	DATE	TIME	INCIDENT	LOCATION	PERSONS ASSISTED	MAINLAND OR ISLAND	TYPE
1	17 Jan	05:55	Paged by HMCG to investigate drifting dinghy off Wootton creek. Dinghy located, abandoned and towed to Royal Victoria Yacht Club at Fishbourne	¼ mile from Wootton Beacon	-	Island	Dinghy
2	22 Feb	13:30	Paged by HMCG to assist person to difficulties in a canoe of No Man’s Land fort. Stood down before launching as HMCG determined it was a hoax	No Mans land Fort	-	Island	Misc.
3	10 Mar	23:05	Paged to go to Wootton Creek to participate in a search with other S&R units for person in the mud off Fishbourne. Stood down after an hour as nothing found. False alarm with good intent	Fishbourne	-	Island	Misc.
4	15 Mar	03:00	Paged by HMCG to rescue person in water off the end of Ryde Pier suffering from Hypothermia. Rescued the Casualty and transferred him to waiting Ambulance	Ryde Pier	1	Island	Bather
5	22 Mar	18:10	Request from HMCG to assist 2 people cut off by the tide on Debnigo Bank. Rescued casualties and landed them at Puckpool	Debnigo Bank	2	Island	Bather
6	28 Mar	14:58	Paged by HMCG to assist Kite Surfer off Appley Beach. Recovered casualty and kite and returned to shore – no injuries.	¼ mile from shore at Appley	1	Island	Surfer
7	11 April	17:15	Self launched to assist Kite surfer in difficulties off Appley. Surfer made own way ashore but RIR recovered his equipment for him	¼ mile from shore at Appley	1	Island	Surfer
8	12 April	11:00	Whilst afloat tasked to assist 500 Ton Naval Reserve vessel Appleby, which had engine failure. Stood by in case of evacuation until dockyard tug took the casualty in tow back into Portsmouth Harbour	¼ mile off Southsea beach	6	Mainland	Motorboat
9	12 April	11:24	Yacht Porticos aground off Ryde sands. Put line onboard and towed into deep water	½ mile West of Ryde sands Post	2	Mainland	Yacht
10	12 April	12:48	Yacht aground off Ryde sands. Put line onboard and towed into deep water	1 cable West of Ryde sands Post	5	Mainland	Yacht
11	15 April	16:35	Paged by HMCG to provide safety cover for Portsmouth ferry Our Lady Pamela which had an engine fire off Ryde pier. Stood by until fire extinguished and vessel taken under commercial tow to Portsmouth	1 cable off Ryde Pier	3	Mainland	Motorboat
12	3 May	14:20	Tasked by HMCG to assist 40ft Yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to pull off so laid out anchor: maintained watch ashore until vessel refloated 3hr later	Ryde sands	2	Mainland	Yacht
13	4 May	13:40	Launched to assist RIB aground on outer bank. Towed into deep water	Outer bank of Ryde Sands	5	Island	Inflatable
14	10 May	16:11	Paged by HMCG to assist Yacht Spindrift with engine failure off Gosport. Towed to Gosport	Fort Gilkicker	2	Mainland	Yacht
15	15 May	17:45	Paged by HMCG to search for person missing in the water west of Ryde Pier. Tasked to search the shore line to Fishbourne in company with CG Helicopter. After searching1 ½ hr person found at home by police – stood down	West of Ryde Pier	-	Island	Bather
16	18 May	14:12	Tasked by HMCG to assist 34 ft yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to pull off so laid out anchor	Ryde sands	2	Mainland	Yacht
17	18 May	14:35	On patrol went to assistance of 42 ft yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to pull off so laid out anchor	Ryde sands	9	Mainland	Yacht
18	18 May	16:00	Tasked by HMCG to assist 24 ft motor cruiser with snagged prop. Freed prop by cutting sagging line (chain) with bolt cutters and vessel proceeded under own power	Near No Mans Land Fort	6	Mainland	Motor boat
19	18 May	19:28	Paged by HMCG to go to the assistance of 2 people in the water off Wootton. Swimmers came ashore unaided but stood by on scene in case of any medical problems	Woodside Common Park	2	Island	Bather
20	25 May	13:00	Tasked by HMCG to assist 19 ft Shetland Motor Cruiser with engine failure. Towed to haslar marina	North of Ryde Sands Post	3	Mainland	Motor boat

21	25 May	16:06	Tasked by HMCG to investigate 40 ft Yacht aground on Ryde sands. By putting some members of crew aboard RR1 managed to tow casualty into deep water	Outer bank of Ryde Sands	7	Mainland	Yacht
22	7 June		Tasked by HMCG to assist Sail-sail yacht with injured skipper. Injured man taken ashore by Gosport Rescue but in the absence of a competent crew RIR escorted and towed the yacht to Gun Wharf quay	Mid Solent	6	Mainland	Yacht
23	15 June	14:40	Tasked by HMCG to assist Yacht Kaliva aground on Ryde Sands. Unsuccessfully attempted to pull off on failing tide. Managed to tow off 2 hrs later as tide rose	Outer bank of Ryde Sands	2	Mainland	Yacht
24	25 June	15:45	Paged by HMCG to recover yacht broken free of moorings off Binstead beach. Located yacht and towed into Ryde Harbour	½ mile North of Binstead Fishing Club	1	Island	Yacht
25	27 June	14:30	Launched on service to assist 37ft yacht aground on Ryde sands. Towed casualty into deep water	Outer bank of Ryde Sands	3	Mainland	Yacht
26	28 June	11:59	Assisted person with heart attack just outside HQ. Gave reassurance until Ambulance arrived and took to St Mary’s hospital	Rescue Centre	1	Island	First Aid/misc
27	28 June	12:50	Small Dinghy being blown out to sea. Used Tractor to recover the dinghy	Off Canoe Lake ( Lifeguard Base)	1	Island	Dinghy
28	28 June	14:35	Whilst on Patrol towed 30ft Yacht Naughty by nature off Ryde Sands where it was aground	Outer bank of Ryde Sands	4	Mainland	Yacht
29	28 June	15:35	20 Ft yacht Limbo aground on Ryde sands. Towed into deep water	Outer bank of Ryde Sands	3	Mainland	Yacht
30	28 June	16:02	Called out by HMCG to rescue 2 youths who had fallen out of their dinghy. Recovered both, one face down unconscious who had to be taken to Hospital, the other recovered quickly.	Outer Debnigo Bank	2	Mainland	Dinghy
31	4 July	17.15	Paged by HMCG to yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to tow but laid out anchor and stood by until yacht refloated.	Outer bank of Ryde Sands	6	Mainland	Yacht

32	4 July	21.42	Tasked to assist people cut off by the tide on Ryde Sands. Launch aborted as people made their own way back in.	Ryde Sands	-	Island	Bathers
33	15 July	14.30	Tasked by HMCG to search the Wootton Creek area for possible missing person after a dinghy was found abandoned. Search called off when established that dinghy had broken away from moorings.	Wootton Creek Binstead	-	Island	Dinghy
34	18 July	13.40	Paged by HMCG to investigate 20ft open boat drifting from Wootton Creek to Ryde Pier. Took boat in tow to RVYC.	Wootton Creek Fishbourne	1	Island	Dinghy
35	20 July	13.41	Paged by HMCG to assist 46 ft motor cruiser aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to refloat and laid out anchor.	Ryde Sands	5	Mainland	Motor boat
36	21 July	16.14	Paged by HMCG to assist police with person threatening to jump off Ryde Pier. Stood by whilst police negotiated with person and removed him from danger.	Ryde Pier	1	Island	Swimmer
37	27th July	14.48	Paged by HMCG to yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Unable to refloat yacht and returned at 17.30 to tow yacht to Ryde Harbour.	Ryde Sands	3	Mainland	Yacht
38	31 July/1Aug	17.00	Tasked by Marine Mammal Service to assist stranded whale in Chichester Harbour. Attempted unsuccessfully with team to escort whale into open water after tide turned.	Chichester Harbour	-	Mainland	Misc
39	1 Aug	15.53	Paged by HMCG to assist yacht aground on Ryde Sands. Towed yacht off bank into deep water.	Ryde Sands	3	Mainland	Yacht
40	6 Aug	16.20	Launched to small dinghy off Ryde Sands. Recovered dinghy onto RR1 and returned to shore.	Ryde Sands Post	2	Island	Dinghy
41	8 Aug	21.37	Whilst on Cowes Fireworks patrol gave assistance to a RIB with engine failure aground on Ryde Sands. Towed into deep water, restarted engine and gave guidance on course for Seaview.	Ryde Sands	6	Island	Motorboat
42	10 Aug	12.21	Radioed by HMCG to assist 2 dinghies adrift in Seagrove Bay. Towed dinghies back to Seaview Yacht Club.	Seagrove Bay	-	Island	Dinghy
43	10 Aug	15.12	Alerted by HMCG by phone to assist cabin cruiser in difficulties in mid Solent. Picked up casualty who was being towed by Gosport Rescue and then towed to Wootton Creek.	Mid Solent	1	Island	Motor boat
44	14 Aug	17:10	Paged by HMCG to assist two Jet Skies with engine problems NE of Ryde Pier. Recovered one person from the water and then towed both Skies to Lee on the Solent	2 cables NE of Ryde Pier	2	Mainland	Jet Skie
45	15 Aug	02:10	Paged by HMCG to search for person reported shouting for help on Ryde sands. Extensive search during which a fishing boat informed us that they had put a swimmer ashore on Ryde sands. Search called off once HMCG assured that sands were clear.	Ryde Sands area	-	Island	Swimmer
46	15 Aug	11:15	Paged by HMCG to assist Cabin cruiser with engine failure in Stokes bay. Towed casualty to Quay Lane Marina in Portsmouth	Stokes bay	1	Mainland	Motor boat
47	30 Aug	13:10	Tasked by HMCG to search for a swimmer missing from a club outing. After extensive search by RR1 & RR2 and Coastguard helicopter the person was found in a dazed condition ashore	Ryde Foreshore off Canoe Lake	-	Island	Swimmer
48	31 Aug	20:44	Paged by HMCG to investigate lady attempting to commit suicide by walking into the sea. Local coastguard calmed the lady RIR were told to stand down as the danger had passed	Western esplanade	-	Island	Misc
49	20 Sept	02:01	Paged by HMCG to investigate report of person in the water off Ryde foreshore. Searched for 1 ½ hours but nothing found.	Ryde Sands	-	Island	Swimmer
50	21 Sept	17:15	Tasked by HMCG to investigate report of yacht in trouble in Seagrove Bay with a person in the water. Reached casualty but person had been recovered and yacht was now under control; no medical assistance required	2 cables off Seagrove Bay	1	Mainland	Yacht
51	26 Sept	10:02	Paged by HMCG to assist 21ft fishing boat taking on water. Pumped out the vessel but it ran aground on the falling tide	Near LA Bowl	1	Island	Motor boat
52	26 Sept	12:48	Whilst on patrol stood by 36ft catamaran with broken rudder. Vessel was taken in tow to Bembridge by Bembridge Lifeboat which was on its way back to station	East of No Mans Land fort	2	Island	Yacht
53	27 Sept	11:48	Assisted 19ft speed boat, whilst on patrol, which had engine failure. Towed casualty back to Ryde Harbour	2 Cables off Fishbourne	5	Island	Motorboat
54	3-4 Oct	15:17	Paged by HMCG to assist 23 ft yacht aground off Quarr Abbey on a falling tide. Unable to pull off vessel so returned on raising tide at 01:30 and Extracted her from the beach and towed to Ryde Harbour	East of Quarr Abbey	1	Mainland	Yacht
55	5 Oct	12:50	Tasked by HMCG to assist person in water in Portsmouth Harbour. Stood down en route as person had been recovered by passing vessel	Port Solent	-	Mainland	swimmer
56	11 Oct	22:55	Paged by HMCG to search for 19ft Crusader speed boat reported in difficulties east of Ryde pier. Extensive search carried out but nothing found	East Ryde Sands	-	Island	Motorboat
57	22 Oct	12:05	Paged by HMCG to assist 31ft yacht aground on Ryde sands. Towed vessel off bank and into deep water	East Ryde Sands	2	Mainland	Yacht

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51 to 26 Apr

83

Summary of Incidents 2010

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47 (to 25th Oct)

83

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Summary of Incidents 2009

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83

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Summary of Incidents 2008

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57

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