Saving Lives at Sea

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Saving Lives at Sea

The Newhaven crew make a desperate attempt to rescue a yachtsman before his vessel is smashed on the rocks.

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Series 10
A 999 call comes in from the young son of a windsurfer in trouble; the Mudeford crew battle 80mph winds in an increasingly desperate search.
With a storm battering the south coast of England, a windsurfer is in trouble. The Portsmouth crew have to decide whether it’s even safe for them to launch.
A ten-year-old boy has been swept out to sea on a paddleboard. The North Berwick crew race to his rescue.
The Dover crew respond to a mayday for a small boat crossing the English Channel. Then another vessel capsizes, leaving over 20 people fighting for their lives in the water.
Series 8
On the Isle of Wight, the Bembridge crew face a race against time to save an old fishing trawler that’s become trapped on a submarine barrier and is now taking on water.
The North Berwick crew race out to try to save a windsurfer battling the seas as he and they fight the gale-force winds of Storm Dennis on the east coast of Scotland.
On the north eastern tip of Scotland, the crew at Wick begin a frantic search to find a paddleboarder who has drifted a mile out to sea while her family wait on the shore.
In Whitby, North Yorkshire, the RNLI crew race to the rescue of two fossil hunters who are cut off by the tide - and soon find that they too are in grave danger.
The RNLI volunteers face a search in one of the worst storms in living memory, race to save three people caught in a rip current and two men stuck on an oil rig's anchor chain.
In St Agnes, the crew are involved in a race against time to rescue two young men. They are reported to be struggling in the water near a notorious headland known as Tubby’s Head.
In Trearddur Bay, the RNLI crew battle through a force 10 gale and huge waves to try to rescue a surfer - watched by their worried families back on shore.
In Portrush, Northern Ireland, the crew race to rescue a boy who has gotten into difficulties while jumping off rocks - and one of the crew volunteers enters the water to save him.
The volunteers of the RNLI battle to save a mother and her son who are caught in a rip current, and a man who has fallen over 100 feet from the top of a cliff.
The RNLI volunteers search for a missing kitesurfer, race to rescue a father and daughter being swept out to sea and try to save all nine lives of a casualty in the Thames.
Series 8
In north Wales, the Conwy crew respond to reports of two people - including a young boy - who have been caught out by the tide and are now struggling to stay afloat.
In Torbay, Devon, a yacht has sent out a mayday, meaning the lives of the six crew on board are in grave and imminent danger.
The RNLI volunteers race against time to try and save three people in the water in the Bristol Channel, a father and son trapped against a cliff face and a badly injured sailor.
The volunteers of the RNLI race to save a family trapped in their car, slowly being engulfed by the sea, two kayakers close to drowning, and a fossil hunter cut off by the tide.
The volunteers of the RNLI race to save a surfer at the mercy of Storm Brendan and a paddleboarder who’s being swept out to sea - and away from his young children.
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