Whitstable lifeboat service details

Date	10th August 2008
Casualty	Windsurfer
Wind	SW 4
Launch time	1719
Recovery Time	1740
Crew	Alex Stevens, Tony Martin, Jon Carter
Details The lifeboat launched to assist a windsurfer reported to be in difficulties off the Neptune Public House, Whitstable. The lifeboat crew located the windsurfer swimming his board and rig back to the beach. He confirmed that he would be able to reach the shore without lifeboat assistance, so was kept under observation until he was safely ashore. The lifeboat then returned to the carriage.