24&25 /2023
01/07/23 1222 – 1430
ILB & ALB
Request to launch both boats to locate and assist a female paddleboarder being blown out to sea from Cambo Sands following multiple 999 calls.
ILB on scene first and managed to locate the casualty in the water alongside the paddle board.
R199 helicopter was stood down just as arriving on scene.
Casualty taken on board the ILB and transferred to the ALB for further assistance and the return to Anstruther for handover to the ambulance at Anstruther harbour.
Conditions
Weather Clear Sky
Visibility Ex
Wind Force 5 Fresh breeze
Wind dir W
Sea state Rough
High Tide 1330
01/07/23 1222 – 1430
ILB & ALB
Request to launch both boats to locate and assist a female paddleboarder being blown out to sea from Cambo Sands following multiple 999 calls.
ILB on scene first and managed to locate the casualty in the water alongside the paddle board.
R199 helicopter was stood down just as arriving on scene.
Casualty taken on board the ILB and transferred to the ALB for further assistance and the return to Anstruther for handover to the ambulance at Anstruther harbour.
Conditions
Weather Clear Sky
Visibility Ex
Wind Force 5 Fresh breeze
Wind dir W
Sea state Rough
High Tide 1330