TYNEMOUTH AND CULLERCOATS | 18 JANUARY
A trio of kayakers made a radio distress call after their craft capsized just outside Tynemouth Pier, leaving them at the mercy of stormy waters. Cullercoats inshore lifeboat crew arrived on scene first and quickly pulled them from the sea into the lifeboat, before retrieving the kayaks. Tynemouth’s inshore and all-weather lifeboat crews searched the area to ensure any other kayakers from the group were accounted for and safe. It was Tynemouth’s 2,000th service.