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Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station

News release

Issued by Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

25/11/2007 12.50 PM    REFERENCE SMT071124-007

Cabin Cruiser 'Sea Fury' aground at Rye Harbour.


Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat, B727 'Commander and Mrs Rodney Wells', launched Saturday 24 November 2007 at 20.07 pm, to the 17ft cabin cruiser 'Sea Fury' which had run aground at Rye Harbour Entrance after a wave swamped the engine.


Whilst returning to harbour, a wave swamped the engine of 'Sea Fury' causing loss of power. The waves forced the boat ashore at Camber on the eastern side of the white light. The alarm was raised by the Harbour Master, after he received a telephone call from the stranded boat. The lifeboat crew were paged by the Lifeboat Operation Manager and the lifeboat launched at 20.07pm arriving at the casualty shortly after.

The crew of 'Sea Fury', Dean Avis and Tony Clarke, managed to get the auxiliary engine started which then stopped. The boat was refloated and the lifeboat towed 'Sea Fury' and her crew back to their mooring at Rye.

Richard Tollett, Lifeboat Operation Manager at Rye Harbour Lifeboat station said:

‘When boating, you should always be prepared. You never know when things will go wrong.’

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Notes to editors

  1. During 2006 RNLI Lifeboats launched 8,377 times, that is an average of 23 per day. Rescuing 8,015 people, an average of 22 per day .
  2. The average cost of launching is estimated at £2,200 for an inshore lifeboat.
  3. The RNLI is a registered charity and continues to rely on voluntary contributions and legacies for income.


For more information please contact Steve Tollett, the RNLI lifeboat press officer at Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station on email: Press Officer.

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