A CREW were forced to ditch a training session and help two yachts which ran aground on The Bramble Bank near the entrance to Southampton Water.
Members of Cowes RNLI lifeboat, assisted the vessels mid-way through their training on Tuesday (April 17) night.
Although the crew of one yacht managed to free it from the bank, the other one, owned by the Cowes-based UKSA, was stuck fast.
It is understood that at the time both were involved in a race.
By using the yacht’s crew to lean their vessel over, the lifeboat was able to pull it off the sand and then carry out an along-side tow back to Cowes.
The lifeboat, which had launched from the station at 7pm, arrived back shortly before 10 pm.
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