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22 07, 2021

Launch 43/21 – 📟 6.57pm

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UK Coastguard requested the launch of our relief Atlantic 85 lifeboat Irene Cornford following a report a 10 year old child had got into difficulty at the Ogmore river mouth. The lifeboat proceeded at best speed to the location in calm seas arriving on scene to find a father and son in the water who had both

20 07, 2021

Launch 42/21 – 📟 12.05pm

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Immediately following the previous tasking to a SUP at Newton Point UK Coastguard requested the crew investigate a blue object floating approximately 1 mile off Rest Bay which had been reported by Porthcawl NCI. The crew located the object which was a partially deflated inflatable kayak. Given the condition of the kayak and no signs

20 07, 2021

Launch 41/21 – 📟 11.40am

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UK Coastguard requested the launch of Porthcawl's relief D Class lifeboat Super G II following a report a stand up paddleboarder had got into difficulty off Newton Point and was being assisted by a paddleboarder. Conditions were calm, sunny with a very light breeze. The D Class arrived on scene and took the paddleboarder and his equipment

18 07, 2021

Launch 40/21 – 📟 11.52am

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UK Coastguard tasked Porthcawl's volunteer RNLI crew following a report of a person in difficulty in the cove area at Rest Bay. The charity's D Class lifeboat Super G II was launched on service in calm sees and made best speed to the location. The casualty had become trapped by the incoming tide and unable

17 07, 2021

Launch 39/21 – 📟 11.31am

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Porthcawl's volunteer RNLI crew were tasked by UK Coastguard following a possible sighting of Ollie the springer spaniel by Stand Up Paddleboarders and a kayaker at the base of cliffs in Southerndown. The volunteer crew made best speed to the area and were able to locate Ollie and took him onboard the lifeboat. Ollie seemed

17 07, 2021

Launch 38/21 – 📟 8.10am

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Porthcawl's volunteer RNLI crew were tasked by UK Coastguard after a report Ollie the springer spaniel had gone into the water off Newton Beach and not returned to shore. The charity’s relief D Class lifeboat, Super G II was launched on service. The crew carried out a thorough search of the area Ollie was last

27 06, 2021

Launch 37/21 – 📟 2.40pm

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UK Coastguard tasked our volunteer crew following a report a jet ski and its rider had become separated off Dunraven Bay, Southerndown. The charity's relief Atlantic 85 lifeboat, Irene Cornford was launched on service and the crew made best speed to the location, finding the jet ski positioned half way between Dunraven Bay and Tusker

13 06, 2021

Launch 36/21 – 📟 8.50pm

By | June 15th, 2021|Comments Off on Launch 36/21 – 📟 8.50pm

As the volunteer crew prepared to depart Ogmore By Sea after dropping all the casualties ashore from the earlier service call (launch 34 & 35 / 2021) they were alerted to five further people cut off by the tide on the Newton side of the Ogmore river. The D Class crew onboard the charity's relief

13 06, 2021

Launch 34+35/21 – 📟 7.44pm

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UK Coastguard tasked our volunteer crew after they had received a report from Porthcawl NCI that a large group of people were cut off by the tide at Dunraven Bay, Southerndown. The tide was still incoming with an hour and a half until high water. The crew had just finished washing down and refueling the

13 06, 2021

Launch 32+33/21 – 📟 6.20pm

By | June 15th, 2021|Comments Off on Launch 32+33/21 – 📟 6.20pm

When one of the Atlantic 85 crew went ashore at Hardy's Bay in Ogmore By Sea to speak with the first informant of launch 30 of 2021 a separate person came forward to the crew member asking for help to find their missing child who was last seen in the water 30 minutes previous. The