14th August ILB

The crew pagers sounded at 17:00 for an ILB launch

Cromer ILB 'Seahorse III' launched at 17:10 this afternoon after reports from a member of the public who was concerned about 2 canoeists off East Runton.

When the lifeboat arrived on scene they found that an inflatable canoe with 2 people on board had already made it to shore and another canoe with 1 person on board who was fishing and didn't require any assistance.

The inshore lifeboat was stood down and returned to station at 17:50.

The lifeboat was washed down, refuelled and made ready for service at 18:00

Crew on Board

M. Brown (Helm)

J. Kerr

S. Roberts

Shore Crew

G. Stallard (Tractor)

R. Kirk

J. King

P. Stokes

I. Chambers

A. Woods

G. Nichols

P. Watling

A. Barker

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