
15th November 2022. On Friday 11th November the team at the National Coastwatch Institution station at Hengistbury Head received a call concerning a yacht which had lost its mainsheet.
The volunteer watchkeepers had visually located the yacht and were able to direct the Mudeford Inshore Lifeboat to it. By this point the yacht had run aground at Barton-on-Sea and the crew had to abandon the vessel. Southbourne Coastguard had also been tasked to assist with the incident. At this point HM Coastguard advised the watchkeepers that no further action was required and that the police were in attendance.