Coastguard crews received frantic reports of three kids in serious danger off the Ayrshire coast at around 3.45pm on Thursday.
Three children stranded at sea on inflatables have been rescued off the coast of Ayrshire.
Coastguard crews received frantic reports of the kids in serious danger at around 3.45pm on Thursday. The youngsters had been enjoying the sweltering weather at Ayr beach when they were swept out to sea.
An emergency lifeboat from Troon raced across open waters to retrieve the terrified kids. It was later discovered, though, that the Belfast Coastguard had already escorted them safely ashore.
A statement shared by RNLI Troon Lifeboat read: “At 3.47pm on Thursday May 28, the pagers were activated by Belfast Coastguard following reports of three children in difficulty on inflatables at Ayr.
“The Shannon class all-weather lifeboat ‘RNLB Roy Barker VI’ was launched to the scene, but thankfully the crew were informed by the Coastguard on route the children were back safely ashore. The lifeboat crew were able to recover the inflatables before returning to Troon where the all weather lifeboat was made ‘ready for service’ with the assistance of the shore crew.”
There were also a number of other emergency callouts across Ayrshire during the heatwave this week. Lifeboat crews raced to rescue jet skiers in difficulty at Stevenston point on Tuesday, and paddleboarders were left stranded at Prestwick the following day.
Mercy crews have now urged revellers to take care when enjoying the sunny weather.
Troon RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager Jim Redmond said: “Following the recent good weather the coast is becoming busier and our advice would be for anyone going out onto the water to please wear a suitable flotation device, check the weather and tides and ensure you have a means of calling for help should you get into difficulty.”
He added: “We would also advise not to use inflatables in the sea – please save them for the pool and if you do see someone in trouble at sea or along the coast, please call 999 and ask for Coastguard.”
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