An 18 year old man from Solihull was rescued by the Borth RNLI inshore lifeboat from an inflatable dinghy after getting into difficulty in strong off-shore winds.
On Saturday at 4:07 pm Borth Lifeboats Operations Manager, Ron Davies, was informed by a member of the public that an inflatable dinghy with one person on board was being blown out to sea near the RNLI boathouse in 30 mile per hour winds. Ron assessed the situation, decided to launch the inshore lifeboat and informed Milford Haven HM Coastguard.
The volunteer crew were paged at 4:12 pm. The inshore lifeboat launched and went to the man who was now 300 metres off-shore and attempting to swim while towing his dinghy. He had been trying to get back for some time using his oars and realising that he was going further out he resorted to swimming.
Upon arrival the volunteer lifeboat crew picked him out of the water and realising that he was cold, in distress and had swallowed some water. The lifeboat crew took him straight back to the shore where he was handed over to the local HM Coastguard unit to await the arrival of an ambulance.
The lifeboat then returned to collect the dinghy so that no one else would find an abandoned boat and be concerned.
Once the lifeboat had completed this task the crew returned to the station.
Meanwhile the Paramedics had checked over the man and treated him at the scene.
Ron Davies, Borth Lifeboat Operations Manager said:
“This was a good service by the volunteer crew, coming to the aid of a man who was in extreme difficulty.”
