The inshore lifeboat was paged at 17:05 to assist 14 persons in danger of being cut off by the tide in the vicinity of Scolt Head Island. With a crew of four, the left the boathouse at 17:19 and launched in Holkham bay at 17:33 as there was insufficient water in the main channel on the incoming tide. RNLI Hunstanton's hovercraft was also tasked to the incident.

The ILB arrived on scene at 17:42. While en-route, the number of persons potentially cut off had been revised to eight and, in the end, five persons were confirmed as being safely back on land. The ILB was stood down and departed for Wells at 18:18. Approaching the harbour, six persons were seen to be in danger of being cut off on the west side sands and were advised to swiftly cross back to the main beach. The ILB was back at the boathouse 18:33 and was rehoused and refuelled by 19:00.

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Wells Inshore Lifeboat was paged to 5 persons lost in Blakeney harbour on the first of the incoming neap tide. The ILB launched in front of the Boathouse at 23:08 with a crew of 3 onboard and proceeded toward Blakeney Harbour.

The Coastguard and the Police with a drone were also tasked and located the missing persons with the drone at 23:33. The ILB entered Blakeney Harbour at 23:40 and proceeded toward the area where the drone was hovering and the casualties had been sighted on the south side of Blakeney channel to the east of the entrance to Morston creek. A Coastguard team had in the interim proceeded out across the marshes and was with the casualties at 23:55. The casualties had been on the marshes for 4–5 hours but did not require medical attention. As there was still insufficient water in the creeks for the lifeboat to bring the casualties off the marshes, the decision was made for them to walk off with the assistance of the Coastguard team. At 00:30 on 31 May, the casualties were safely off the marshes. The ILB arrived back at the boathouse at 00:41 and was rehoused and made ready again for service by 01:15.

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Wells lifeboats were paged to take two crew off a grounded 28’ yacht Trouncer which had been on passage northward along the Norfolk coast. The yacht had attempted to enter Wells Harbour but was too late on the tide and, with the water ebbing away, took shelter in Holkham Bay. With a strong north-easterly breeze, unfortunately the yacht ran aground and started to list heavily, shipping seas over her gunwale and taking on water.

As it was close to low water, both the inshore and all-Weather lifeboats left the Boathouse at 21:16 and proceeded along the beach toward the casualty. The inshore lifeboat identified the boat with its navigation lights on and arrived on scene at 21:36 to find the yacht hard aground and beam-on to the beach. The tide was receding fast and the ILB crew were able to take the skipper and his crew off the stranded yacht and transfer them to the local Coastguard unit. Although wet, cold and tired they were able to go to the Lifeboat Station and were offered shelter for the night. In the interim the ILB crew rigged the yacht's anchor to seaward.

During the grounding, the yacht had been subject to a lot of wave action and had frequently taken the bottom heavily and awkwardly, and it was uncertain if the wooden vessel had sustained hull or keel damage. With the anchor out to secure the boat and the next high water at 04:00, it was decided to return in daylight to assess the situation with a view to refloat the yacht and bring it under tow of the all-Weather lifeboat into Wells on the afternoon’s high tide. Both lifeboats left the scene at 22:50 and were rehoused by 23:30.

When the crew returned to the scene on Saturday morning they discovered that the yacht had not refloated on the morning's tide and the hull had broken up in the heavy seas and surf conditions, scattering the boat's contents along the tide line.

The lifeboat crew were able to recover the inboard fuel tanks and batteries to minimise the risks of pollution. The life raft was also landed ashore into safe keeping and the crew helped in clearing the beach of debris. They then returned to the boat house at 11:00 to wash down and clean both Lifeboats and the launch and recovery vehicles.

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Humber Coastguard paged Wells Lifeboat for a dinghy with two persons onboard which had capsized in the entrance to Burnham Overy harbour and was getting into difficulties being towed by a support craft. The inshore lifeboat launched outside the boathouse. Arriving on-scene at 09:55, the two persons on the dinghy were transferred to the lifeboat and a crew member placed on-board the dinghy, which was heavily swamped and barely floating. At 10:04, the ILB commenced a tow to the hard at Burnham Overy Staithe but the spring tide was starting to ebb out fast and with the boat heavily laden with water, progress inwards was difficult. At 10:55 it was decided to leave the boat on the adjacent beach and take the casualties to the hard as they were starting to get very cold.

At 11:02 the ILB landed the two casualties safely into the care of the waiting Coastguards who then took them back to the accommodation locally where they were staying. The ILB then returned to the dinghy, which was by this time well up the beach on the ebbing tide, bailed it out and secured it with an anchor for recovery on the following morning’s high tide. The ILB departed a 11:45 and was rehoused, refuelled and ready again for service at 12:30.

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