Lifeboat day promises to be a crowd pleaser with bouncy castles plus stands for the fire brigade and Coastguard, plus the RSPB. The lifeboat will be on the water and a joint exercise with the helicopter is planned for 3pm, services permitting.
Sunday 21 July 2013
Busy weekend for the lifeboat
The volunteer crew of Beaumaris Lifeboat today on a “shout” assisting Llandudno RNLI crew and its D Class lifeboat with towing a 40ft yacht that has broken down in Colwyn Bay. The yacht was towed into Deganwy.
Beaumaris Lifeboat was called out three times yesterday but stood down on all occasions. The first at 17:00 was for a kayaker at Penmon who had been rescued by a fishing boat and taken ashore by the time the lifeboat arrived. The second incident at 21:50 was for a broken down boat in Menai Bridge but the crew were stood down just before they launched, and the final incident at 22:40 was to search for an inflatable with passengers on board off Caernarfon that was over 2 hours late returning. The lifeboat was launched and was at Bangor Pier when they informed the inflatable had returned so the crew were stood down.
Sunday 16 June 2013
Three Peaks race yachts run aground
The volunteer crew of Beaumaris RNLI has been called out twice to assist contestants taking part in the Three Peaks Yacht Race, one of the oldest and most remarkable extreme multi-sport endurance races in the world which started yesterday, Saturday 15 June.
The first incident saw the crew paged at 21.11 last night to a yacht that had run aground off Caernarfon Bar. The crew went to assist the yacht but as one of the rules of the race stipulates no outside assistance is allowed the race contestants decided to wait until they refloated.
The second call out was today at 09.01 to another yacht that had run aground at The Cribben in the Menai Strait. The yacht, Firedancer, was assisted off the rock by the lifeboat crew.
Sunday 26 May 2013
Busy bank holiday weekend for the lifeboat
The volunteer crew of Beaumaris RNLI have had a busy Saturday (25 May) of bank holiday weekend with two call outs to jet skis in trouble on the Menai Strait.
The first incident at 3.45pm was in response to three jet skis that ran aground at Lavan Sands opposite Friars Bay. With high tide not until 8pm tonight, the RNLI crew offered the jet ski riders assistance but they decided to stay with their craft to wait until they float off so they could return to Conwy.
The second incident was at 6.05pm, when the Beaumaris RNLI was called out to Felinheli to tender a jet ski that had run out of fuel. The jet ski and rider were towed ashore by the lifeboat crew.
Sunday 3 March 2013
The Island Race is a big hit with runners
The race started on the Bangor side of the Menai Bridge and led through the towns of Menai Bridge, Beaumaris and Llanfaes. The successful Island Race event is run by Always Aim High events.
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