Adverse sea conditions affected the already dangerous Bideford Bar this weekend, resulting in two emergency shouts for Appledore RNLI and one for the Clovelly crew.On Saturday, September 24, the all-weather lifeboat from Appledore was called to help a 24ft sailing yacht which had lost its engine overboard near Yelland Quay. The Appledore-Instow Ferry responded first to a call for help and took a four and 14-year-old aboard while the all-weather lifeboat towed the yacht back to the safety of its...
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