Ladram Bay scare
A kiteboard found on the beach at Ladram Bay near Otterton, East Devon caused a scare on Monday morning, leading to both of Exmouth's lifeboats launching to find its missing owners.
The inshore and all-weather vessels were called around 8.40 a.m. to what's been described as: "potentially a person in difficulty in the sea".
The lifeboats, tasked with conducting a shoreline search from Ladram Bay to Jacobs Ladder at Sidmouth were assisted by two coastguard rescue teams.
The All Weather Lifeboat was manned by lifesaving volunteer crew, Steve Hockings-Thompson, Scott Ranft, Roger Jackson, Chris Sims and Andrew Stott and the Inshore Lifeboat by Henry Mock, Sarah Beresford and James Edge.
Both lifeboats were stood down after about 40 minutes when it was established that the kiteboard had been on the beach, apparently abandoned, since Sunday.
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