RNLI lifeboats rescued 1,121 people in call-outs off the coast of Wales and the Isle of Man over the past year, with pleasure boats the main cause. Figures for the RNLI Wales and the West area show boats were launched 1,207 times in 2010, a similar total to 2009.
RNLI volunteers at Beaumaris lifeboat station, Anglesey, were the busiest within the Wales and West division.