Rye Harbour Lifeboat Station

News release

Issued by Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer

DATE 13/05/2008 TIME 9.50 PM REFERENCE: SMT/RH/021

Nine year old boy afloat on a kayak, missing for two hours.


Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat B-727, launched on Saturday 10 May 2008 at 2.22 pm to search for a nine year old boy out in his kayak, missing for two hours.


Dover Coastguard requested Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat B-727 launch to search for a nine year old boy, afloat in his kayak, after he had been reported as missing for two hours.

Rye Harbour RNLI Lifeboat arrived on scene at 2.26 pm. They were re-directed to a new location where a kayak had been seen. When the lifeboat arrived at the new location, they found a kayak: the occupant confirmed that he was the missing child. Also aboard the kayak was a second boy who had gone to help the nine year old find his parents.

Both boys were returned safely to shore.

Tony Edwards, RNLI Deputy Launching Authority (DLA) at Rye Harbour said:

‘This search had a positive outcome as the casualty was located quickly. On average four young people are rescued every day.

For more information visit www.rnli.org.uk/shorething’.

 

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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.

  • The RNLI is a registered charity that saves lives at sea.
  • It provides, on call, the 24-hour service necessary to cover search and rescue requirements to 100 nautical miles out from the coasts of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
  • There are over 230 lifeboat stations.
  • RNLI Beach Lifeguards operate in the south and south west of England.
  • The RNLI further saves lives through sea and beach education.
  • The RNLI depends on voluntary contributions and legacies for its income.

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