Just for fun - a Wordle 'Picture' of the Staithes RNLI Website, May 2010.
Fishing Boat Towed In
The Staithes RNLI lifeboat, ‘Pride of Leicester’, was launched at 10:50am on Thursday when the local fishing vessel ‘Flora Jane’ suffered engine problems.
The skipper managed to anchor the vessel just outside Staithes Harbour. One of the lifeboat team spotted the vessel and could see the skipper working on the engine. After a short radio conversation the fishing boat’s skipper asked for help and so the volunteer lifeboat crew were paged.
The lifeboat was soon launched and after ten minutes the ‘Flora Jane’ was safely towed in to Staithes harbour.
FV Emma Lou Towed In
The Staithes RNLI lifeboat, ‘Pride of Leicester’, was launched at 2:00pm on Friday when the local fishing vessel ‘Emma Lou’ got into difficulties near Runswick Bay.
The ‘Emma Lou’ was on passage from Staithes to Whitby when the engine failed off Runswick Bay. The skipper of the 26 foot vessel informed Humber Coastguard and Whitby’s all-weather lifeboat was launched as the vessel was heading to Whitby.
There was quite a strong southerly wind blowing when Whitby lifeboat began towing ‘Emma Lou’ and this was making the sea rough. It was decided to turn around and take them fishing boat back to Staithes as it was much closer.
Staithes lifeboat was launched to assist with the towing and to manoeuvre the ‘Emma Lou’ into the confines of Staithes harbour.
‘Emma Lou’ was safely moored in Staithes by 3:00pm.
Emma Lou in Staithes Harbour
Lifeboat Volunteer Awarded Bronze Badge
A Staithes RNLI lifeboat volunteer is to be awarded the Institutions Bronze Badge for his fundraising efforts over the last decade.
Dave Manship with his letter from the Chief Executive informing him that he is to be awarded the RNLI's Bronze Badge
David Manship, a volunteer shore-helper and until recently, fundraising chairman at the Staithes station, has received a letter from the RNLI’s Chief Executive, Paul Boissier, informing him of the award.
Dave has been a tractor driver at the lifeboat station for 20 years and was recently presented with a long service badge for that role. He has also been a key fundraiser for the last twelve years, becoming fundraising chairman in 2005.
The letter, from the Chief Executive, says:-
“I am very pleased to tell you that as part of the Institution’s 2010 awards, the council has decided to award you the Bronze Badge in recognition of your very valuable service with the Staithes & Runswick Lifeboat Management Group.”
Dave, on receiving the letter, says:-
“I am extremely proud that the RNLI have decided to award me the Bronze Badge for the fundraising that I have been involved with over the years. It was almost a full time job to keep the money coming in but I couldn’t have done it without the help of the lifeboat crew and the many other people who have an involvement with the station. Our annual Lifeboat Weekend was always the main event on the fundraising calendar, hard work to organise but worth it to have such a special event in the village.”
Lee Jackson, a helmsman and the Press Officer with Staithes lifeboat, added:-
“Dave’s efforts at fundraising and leading the fundraising team have meant that the Staithes Lifeboat station has been able to run financially self sufficient over recent years. What it has cost to run the station is the amount that has been raised, about £40,000 per year. We are all really pleased that Dave’s hard work has been recognised with the award of the Bronze Badge.”
Dave stepped down as fundraising chairman at the end of 2009 but continues to be a volunteer tractor driver at the station.
Lifeboat Weekend 2010
Lifeboat Weekend this year is being held the weekend of Sat 21st of August.
More details to follow……..
Fishing Boat Towed In
Staithes RNLI lifeboat was launched at 11:20am on Sunday morning to tow a broken down fishing boat back to Staithes.
The skipper of the local fishing vessel called the coastguard to report that he had lost power and needed assistance. The volunteer lifeboat crew quickly located the vessel and towed it back to Staithes harbour.
Search for Missing Woman
Staithes RNLI lifeboat was launched at 6:20pm on Tuesday evening to help police and coastguards search for a missing elderly lady.
The volunteer lifeboat crew were called after the woman’s husband reported her missing and vulnerable. The couple were staying in Whitby and had come to Staithes for the afternoon. Whilst police and coastguards searched the village the lifeboat crew were tasked with looking along the coast between Skinningrove and Port Mulgrave.
The woman was found by a member of the public near a farm just on the outskirts of Staithes. The missing lady was lost and confused and the person who found her called ambulance. She was taken to James Cook hospital as a precaution.
Teenagers Trapped By High Tide
Staithes RNLI lifeboat was launched at 10:40pm on Monday night when four teenagers became trapped by the sea beneath cliffs near Skinningrove.
The volunteer lifeboat crew were called after one of the teenagers managed to phone the police to say that they were surrounded by water to the south of Skinningrove. Mobile Coastguard teams and the police helicopter were also deployed.
When the lifeboat arrived on scene they found the group, which included two male and two female 17 and 18 year olds, perched on a ledge six feet above the water. One of the lifeboat crew was able to swim ashore and it was discovered that one of the males had fallen into the sea whilst trying to get to safety. The seventeen year old was showing signs of hypothermia and it was decided he needed to be evacuated immediately. He was recovered to the lifeboat and taken to a waiting doctor and ambulance at Staithes, arriving at 11:40pm.
By this time the tide had started to go out and Skinningrove coastguard teams managed to reach the three remaining casualties on foot. They were then walked back to Skinningrove under the watchful eye of police helicopter India 55.
James Austin, the lifeboat crewman who swam ashore, says:-
“Despite the fine weather last night there was quite a swell at the scene and the area is very rocky. This meant that the lifeboat had to anchor and I swam ashore with a line, something we practise all the time. The group were all scared but the guy who had fallen in was obviously wet and very cold. The three others were still dry and the tide was starting to go out so we decided to take the hypothermic casualty back to the doctor at Staithes.”
By half past midnight the remainder of the group were safely ashore and the rescue teams were stood down. The cold casualty made a full recovery.
Fishing Boat With Fouled Propeller
Staithes and Whitby RNLI lifeboats were launched on Monday morning after a Whitby fishing boat got its propeller and rudder fouled in a rope off Kettleness near Runswick Bay.
The skipper of ‘Deep Harmony’ called Humber Coastguard to report that the 30 foot boat was unable to use its propeller after picking up a rope in it. The coastguard requested the launch of Staithes lifeboat at 8:15am and the volunteer crew were alongside ‘Deep Harmony’ by 8:35am.
The lifeboat crew passed a tow rope to the fishing boat and began towing it to Whitby but because the vessel’s rudder was also jammed it was proving difficult to tow in a straight line. Whitby’s all-weather lifeboat was launched shortly before 9:00am to assist in the tow and all three vessels arrived safely in Whitby harbour at 10:15am.
Plastic Waste Sparks Sea Search
Staithes RNLI lifeboat launched at 1:45pm on Sunday afternoon after a resident of the village spotted an object at sea which looked like it could be windsurfer in trouble.
The black object was first spotted about half a mile north of Staithes harbour but even with the aid of powerful binoculars it was difficult to identify exactly what it was.
Lee Jackson, the lifeboat helmsman, says:-
“The resident reported his sighting to the Lifeboat Operations Manager and I and we walked onto the pier with binoculars. All we could see was a black shape in the water and we could not rule out that it wasn’t a person in a wetsuit clinging to a windsurfing board. The only way to be sure no one was in trouble was to launch the lifeboat to check it out. The object turned out to be a long black sack which was partly inflated but at least we can rest assured that no one was in danger.”
The launch will be recorded as a false alarm but with good intent.
Staithes lifeboat returned to station at 2:10pm.