Flare helps RNLI spot person in the water
02/06/2022
RNLI personnel located and saved a person in the water near Clacton, Essex, after a flare was launched to illuminate the sea.
Clacton RNLI was asked to respond by the Coastguard. A person fell into the sea when their three-metre dingy capsized.
The Atlantic 85 lifeboat David Porter MPS was launched. After the crew fired a flare, they located the person around a quarter of a mile from Gunfleet Sands wind farm.
The rescued boater was taken back to the lifeboat station and received medical checks.
The image of RNLI Clacton’s Atlantic 85 Lifeboat is courtesy of RNLI/Mark Walsham.
