Saving Lives at Sea: Series 7 Episode 8

If you enjoyed Newhaven RNLI's incredible rescue of Max the dog in this episode, you'll love this compilation of three fantastic dog rescues.

Thurso: A lone rower

The episode began with the crew at Thurso launching to a lone rower, blown off course by the tide and wind. He was 39 miles out to sea, and it took the all-weather lifeboat volunteers almost 2 hours to reach him. The crew initially set up a tow rope, with the rower staying onboard his boat, but the heavy seas and big waves made this too dangerous and he was brought onboard the Severn class lifeboat. The challenging seas made progress slow, but the crew and the rower eventually arrived back in Scrabster – more than 9 hours after they first set off!

Dungeness: Blown out to sea

Over in Dungeness, we saw the lifeboat crew launch to rescue an 11-year old boy who drifted more than a mile out to sea on an inflatable dinghy. It was the summer holidays, and the boy and his family had been visiting the beach. As soon as his dinghy started to float out to sea, his family called 999 and asked for the Coastguard. The RNLI crew soon reached the schoolboy, and reunited him with his worried family.

Newhaven: A lucky pup

Next, we saw the crew at Newhaven RNLI rush to help a dog who had fallen from a cliff edge at Seaford, East Sussex. Using their small inflatable Y-boat, the crew headed to the base of the cliffs and found the Border Collie, named Max, seemingly unharmed from his fall. The volunteers picked up the lucky pup and returned him to his owners.

Dungeness: Stranded at sea

We were back with the Dungeness RNLI crew for the final rescue of this episode. The lifeboat volunteers launched their Shannon class lifeboat and, searching in the dark, managed to find and rescue the casualties from the dangerous English Channel.