Selsey inshore lifeboat Betty and Thomas Moore launched at 17:25 to assist a small angling boat with 2 persons on board which had fouled its propeller on a lobster pot marker buoy approximately 1.2 miles south of the station, close to the Mixon Beacon.
The lifeboat arrived on scene at 17:30 and the crew cut the offending buoy free of the casualty’s propeller. The angling boat was then towed back to the beach at Selsey.
At 18:00 the ILB left the casualty to return to station, arriving back at 18:05, rehoused straight away and was ready for service at 18:25.
CREW: C.Pullenger (Helmsman), A.Lee, M.Pledger.
WIND: Southwest 2. SEA: Smooth. WEATHER: Cloud/sun.