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Inflatable boat blown out of Glencoyne Bay

August 9, 2024

August 9, 2024 13:02

At 13:02 on Friday 9th August Patterdale MRT was alerted by Cumbria Police, for the second time in 3 hours, to an incident at Glencoyne Bay on Ullswater.   This time two boys in an inflatable boat had been blown out of the shelter of the bay.   

The Team initiated a response but had barely launched their rescue boat when they were stood down as the boys had been assisted from the water by a paddle boarder.

The incident lasted 30 minutes and invovled five team members.