15 June: Yarmouth, Solent At 10.33am a mayday call alerted the Yarmouth lifeboat to a yacht in trouble in gale force winds. A female crew member had been hit by the boom and suffered a serious injury. The volunteer crew arrived to find Lymington lifeboat already on scene, and the two crews worked together to regain control of the yacht and treat the casualty until a rescue helicopter arrived. The injured woman was airlifted to hospital and the yacht was escorted to Cowes by the Yarmouth lifeboat where the remaining crew member was treated for shock by a waiting ambulance team.