At 15.20 on Wednesday 11 November 2009, the volunteer crew at the RNLI’s lifeboat station at Beaumaris launched for its second incident in the afternoon.
While on its earlier mission at 14.02 to rescue two fishermen stranded by the tide at Menai Suspension Bridge, a radio traffic announcement was heard from a yacht on passage from Holyhead to Dickies in Bangor which had hit an underwater object. Moelfre All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) was launched and located the vessel which was found to be taking on a small amount of water from the keel joint. Although the leak was minor, Moelfre ALB escorted the vessel to Puffin sound as a precautionary measure.
Following a discussion between the Moelfre Coxswain, Beaumaris LOM and Holyhead Coastguard it was decided to relaunch Beaumaris Inshore Lifeboat for it to take over the escort from Moelfre.
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