Incidents

Inflatable boat blown out of Glencoyne Bay
09/08/2024
Glencoyne Bay, Ullswater
Grid reference: NY 38720 18840
At 13:02 on Friday 9th August Patterdale MRT were alerted by Cumbria Police for the second time in 3 hours to an incident at Glencoyne Bay on Ullswater.   This time two boys in an inflatable boat had been blown out of the shelter of the bay.   The Team initiated a response but had barely launched their rescue boat when they were stood down as the boys had been assisted from the water by a paddle boarder. The incident lasted 30 minutes and invovled five team members.