Whitstable Lifeboat launched to assist the 30' motor cruiser Enterprise II, disabled with engine failure off Warden Point.

On arrival the vessel was found to be 300 yards off the rocky shoreline and motoring slowly towards Sheerness, having been able to restart their engine. Crewman Martin Easton was put aboard, with the intention of escorting them into the Medway.

However after a few minutes, the engine failed again, and so the casualty was taken under tow. Due to the conditions, Sheerness Lifeboat was requested to launch, whilst Whitstable Lifeboat towed the casualty further offshore into deeper water. The two occupants were being violently seasick, and the condition of one was giving cause for concern.

Sheerness Lifeboat arrived and took over the tow, and the two occupants were taken aboard Whitstable Lifeboat to be landed ashore at Sheerness, where they were taken to hospital by ambulance.

Sheerness Lifeboat subsequently towed the casualty to Queenborough, whilst Whitstable Lifeboat returned to station through The Swale.

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