Saving Lives At Sea

The Dover crew respond to a mayday for a small boat crossing: a vessel has capsized in the English Channel, leaving over twenty people fighting for their lives in the water.

A 10-year-old boy has been swept out to sea on a paddleboard; the North Berwick crew race to his rescue.

With a storm battering the south coast, a windsurfer is in trouble. 

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

In Mudeford, on the Dorset coast, a 999 call comes in from the young son of a windsurfer in trouble; the crew battle 80 mile an hour winds in an increasingly desperate search.

In Portaferry, Northern Ireland, the crew face an increasingly desperate search for two kayakers who've been blown out to sea in 50 mile an hour winds.

In Watergate Bay, north Cornwall, a frantic mother alerts the lifeguards after six teenagers are cut off by the tide.

In Seahouses, a kayaker has called a mayday after getting into trouble; although he's able to communicate via his VHF radio, it's a race against time to find him.

In Plymouth the crew respond to a mayday call - the highest level of emergency at sea - for a diver who has lost consciousness during a 30 metre dive to a shipwreck.

Just after midnight the Blackpool crew receive reports of a man struggling in the water; it becomes a race against time to get him urgent medical attention.