Stranded kayaker rescued

8:42am Wednesday 19th September 2012 in News

A KAYAKER was rescued by the Lyme Regis Lifeboat after he was seen holding on to a pot marker buoy off Charmouth Beach.
The man had tried to swim ashore. The lifeboat crew picked him up and took him to shore yesterday afternoon.

Comments(3)

Peter6 says...
9:40am Wed 19 Sep 12

Why don,t people using the sea have to pay some kind of insurance to cover the cost of rescuing them when they get into trouble?

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Merrittpr says...
11:11am Wed 19 Sep 12

It would be a nightmare trying to insure each and every vessel on the sea, or individuals for that matter. We are lucky to have such a great lifeboat servive for events such as these. It is a voluntary organisation so there is no charge. Heaven forbid peolpe being stranded as they cannot afford to be rescued!

It can be a risky business kayaking by yourself out at sea. A life vest is great but not if you are stranded alone with no communication device and the currents too strong for you to swim ashore.

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The Fish says...
11:26am Wed 19 Sep 12

I think you will find that all vessels operating out of a harbour (Weymouth, Portland, Westbay etc.) are covered by insurance and that is a pre-requisite to using the harbours. Those vessels that are not would be the smaller kayaks etc. that do not need to use slip facilities/moorings for their vessels (i.e. they carry and launch of a beach).

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