The RNLI station’s all weather lifeboat, the Trent class Esme Anderson, was launched to at 4.20pm to assist the 34ft. yacht which was some 12 miles east of Ramsgate and had been sailing from the continent. The lifeboat was on the scene some 30 minutes after launch and managed to get a line aboard the casualty, which, in the weather conditions, was in a dangerous situation.
Following this the yacht and her crew were safely towed to Ramsgate Harbour, a slow process in the weather conditions and taking some 2 hours.
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