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Long tow to Shoreham

The Shoreham lifeboat crew spent 11 hours towing the "Aurelia - BD 247" in windy and rough sea conditions on Aug 27, 2018. The all weather lifeboat at Shoreham was launched at 3 a.m. to assist Eastbourne lifeboat with the broken down fishing vessel with six crew members on board. The Eastbourne’s all-weather lifeboat was launched at 9 p.m. on Aug 26 in challenging conditions to assist the fully laden fishing vessel 20 miles offshore in the English Channel. It had got a rope around its propeller off Beachy Head. The all weather lifeboat at Eastbourne towed the vessel towards Peacehaven before Shoreham lifeboat took over the tow. The crew started the long towing process back towards Shoreham in windy and rough conditions, and finally reached there around 8.30 a.m. The tide was too low to get the vessel into the harbour so the vessel was anchored two miles off and the lifeboat returned to station. The lifeboat crew then relaunched at 10.30am at high tide and set up another tow line and proceeded into the harbour where the vessel was secured. Reports with photos: https://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/shoreham-lifeboat-crew-tow-vessel-for-11-hours-in-challenging-conditions-1-8615699 https://www.shorehamherald.co.uk/news/eastbourne-lifeboat-rescues-240-tonne-fishing-ship-tows-it-22-miles-to-shoreham-1-8614962 http://www.eastbournernli.org/eastbourne-lifeboat-in-challenging-rescue/