Selsey Inshore lifeboat launched at 10.12 p.m. on Monday 26th May 2014. The RNLI volunteer crew had been paged at 9.59 p.m. to assist the local West Sussex Fire and Rescue unit and the Selsey Coastguard team rescue a boy stuck waist deep at the new Medmerry salt marsh entrance with an incoming tide.
The 16-year old boy had been trying to cross the entrance and his foot had became stuck in rocks that form the entrance. Luckily for him his brother was able to raise the alarm at the nearby caravan park and the security on the park alerted the emergency services. The weather on scene was wind north west force 2-3.
The 'Betty and Thomas Moore' arrived on scene at 10.23 p.m. at roughly the same time as the boy was released by the Fire crew and Coastguards and at 10.29 p.m. was released by Solent Coastguards to return to station, arriving back at 10.40 p.m. Rehousing and washing down was completed by 11.15 p.m.
CREW: Gary Pearce (Helmsman), Will Moir, John Reeves.