Person having medical episode on boat in Poole Harbour

Poole lifeboat launched just before 4.30pm on August 24 to the incident.

Crews rendezvoused with the vessel as it entered the Port of Poole Marina, they transferred a couple of crew members across to board the vessel, to assess the casualty and administer care, whilst the lifeboat radioed for an ambulance to attend the marina.

Once the ambulance arrived on scene, the lifeboat transferred the casualty across into the care of the ambulance crew and stood down.

Then three hours later the D Class was requested to launch at 9pm to reports of a jet ski, still attached to its trailer with one person onboard in the Whitley Lake area.

When the D class arrived on-scene they found the person was okay but concerned about leaving his jet ski and trailer. After some discussion, the person was taken ashore to the waiting coastguards.

The jet ski and trailer were by now partially floating, and with a risk of it becoming a danger to navigation on the rising tide the lifeboat crew attached a tow to the trailer and jet ski and towed it to shallow water.

Once in the shallows, a line from Poole Coastguard Rescue Team was tied onto the trailer and with some pulling, the jet ski and trailer were recovered.

As all was safe and secure the lifeboat returned to station, after refuelling and a wash down, it was made ready for service by 10:30pm.

This takes the total of callouts so far this year for the volunteers at Poole to 94.