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.