Lowestoft Lifeboat Action

Thursday, 12 October 2023 12:07

Lowestoft’s Lifeboat crew have been called to help with an incident off the town’s South Beach.

Lowestoft’s Lifeboat crew have been called to help with an incident off the town’s South Beach.

The Coastgaurd and Police were also at the incident late on Monday night (9th October) - and followed another emergency over the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon (7th October)… a yacht had to be rescued after its engines failed a mile and a half off the Suffolk coast - with the stranded vessel safely brought into the harbour.

The image below from the Lowestoft Lifeboat team on social media - as the yacht gets towed into the town's harbour.

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