Busy day for Rhyl ifeboats hyl lifeboat was the busiest lifeboat station in the UK on 18 June 2000 - responding to no less than ten incidents in ten hours! R Glorious sunshine helped to attract the crowds to Rhyl for the Royal British Legion fly-past and march. Rhyl lifeboat crew members, who had already assembled for their usual Sunday morning exercise, thought there would be a busy day ahead - but none of them would have guessed exactly how busy it would be.

By 1700, the station's inshore lifeboat had already been alerted to eight separate incidents, rescuing 13 people who, in most cases, had been swept out to sea in small infla tables.

The station's all-weather lifeboat was requested to search for two overdue jet skiers believed to be in the area of South Hovle Bank. Luckily Helicopter Rescue 122 spotted the skiers and was able to inform the lifeboat of their location. The lifeboat arrived on scene 10 minutes later to find the jet skis tied together with three people in the water. The casualties had been in the water for nearly two hours and were unable to help themselves. One woman was severely hypothermic and was taken straight to hospital by the helicopter - the two men were only slightly hypothermic and remained on board while the lifeboat brought them and their jet skis in.

By 2000, the lifeboat crew attempted to go home, only to get another call to five people trapped on a sandbank by the incoming tide. The inshore lifeboat again prepared for launch but luckily, the people managed to get safely ashore in the end.

The weary crew finally managed to get home at 2130!.