3 members of the public went into the Rhyl boathouse shop, worried about 2 males on a Li-Lo being taken out to sea with an offshore wind and ebbing tide.
They had been in the water about 20-30 minutes when the alarm was raised. The volunteer inshore lifeboat crew were paged and they launched to the males, reaching them 2 minutes after launch. The men were taken on board, very cold, with 1 showing signs of hypothermia. They were brought to shore, and the one man said they were not aware of the tidal conditions. They were both checked over by ambulance personnel on arrival at the boathouse, and after refusing hospital treatment, the men returned to their families, with the one still groggy. The ILB was ready for service at 1450.
