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28 05, 2020

Launch 10/20 – 📟 3.03pm

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UK Coastguard requested the launch of our D Class lifeboat to a report of a swimmer in difficulty at Trecco Bay. The swimmer had made it to shore requiring no further assistance shortly before the D Class lifeboat arrived on scene. The lifeboat returned to station where it was made ready for service.

25 05, 2020

Launch 8+9/20 – 📟 4.07pm

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UK Coastguard requested the launch of both the Atlantic 85 and D Class lifeboats to assist with a multiagency search in the Porthcawl area. All was satisfactorily resolved after around 45 minutes of searching and the lifeboats were rehoused and made ready for service.

4 04, 2020

Launch 7/20 – 📟 2.46pm

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UK Coastguard tasked our volunteer crew and Porthcawl Coastguard Team to a report of a person in difficulty around the point at Rest Bay. On arrival on scene, the coastguard team met with the first informant who advised them that the person had just made it ashore and did not require any medical assistance. Our

8 03, 2020

Launch 6/20 – 📟 1.17pm

By | March 10th, 2020|Comments Off on Launch 6/20 – 📟 1.17pm

Porthcawl's Atlantic 85 lifeboat was launched to assist with a multi agency incident in the Vale of Glamorgan area.

7 03, 2020

Launch 5/20 – 📟 1.09pm

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UK Coastguard tasked our volunteer crew to a windsurfer in difficulty in Newton Bay. The inital report had come from Porthcawl NCI. The D Class lifeboat was launched on service and located the casualty who had suffered equipment failure. The casualty and his equipment were taken onboard the lifeboat and transferred to Newton Beach where

13 02, 2020

Launch 3+4/20 – 📟 6.02pm

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Our volunteer crew were tasked by UK Coastguard to a report 2 people were cut off by the incoming tide at Southerndown. The casualties were disorientated and unsure of their exact location. Both our Atlantic 85 and D Class lifeboats were launched on service to search for the casualties. The Atlantic 85 crew located the

5 02, 2020

Launch 2/20 – 📟 11.22am

By | February 5th, 2020|Comments Off on Launch 2/20 – 📟 11.22am

Our volunteer crew were tasked by UK Coastguard to assist a casualty who had fallen from a horse close to the waters edge near the Ogmore river mouth. Our crew were first to arrive on scene onboard the charity's Atlantic 85 lifeboat and provided casualty care, treating for possible spinal injuries until further assistance arrived.

8 01, 2020

Launch 1/20 – 📟 3.12pm

By | January 8th, 2020|Comments Off on Launch 1/20 – 📟 3.12pm

Our volunteer crew were tasked by UK Coastguard to a surfer in difficulty on the Vale of Glamorgan coastline. A surfer had been swept around a headland by a rip current and was trapped by the tide against cliffs. Porthcawl's Atlantic 85 lifeboat was launched on service for the first time of the year and

18 12, 2019

Launch 98+99/19 – 📟 5.01am

By | December 18th, 2019|Comments Off on Launch 98+99/19 – 📟 5.01am

Our volunteer crew were paged by UK Coastguard to join RNLI Port Talbot’s D Class lifeboat in a search for a fishing boat which had encountered engine difficulties and been swept onto the shore. Both Porthcawl's Atlantic 85 and D Class lifeboats were launched on service to join the search in the dark. It was not possible

1 12, 2019

Launch 97/19 – 📟 3.52pm

By | December 9th, 2019|Comments Off on Launch 97/19 – 📟 3.52pm

Our volunteer crew were tasked by UK Coastguard following a report 2 surfers were struggling against the current and being swept around Hutchwns Point from Rest Bay. As the lifeboat arrived on scene we found both surfers had made it out onto the rocks. Our colleagues from Porthcawl Coastguard who were also on scene assisted the surfers