RNLI lifeboat volunteers rescued the rower who had fallen ill while on a training session.
Volunteer lifeboat crews have rescued a rower who fell unconscious at sea.He was part of a two-man crew on a training voyage from Edinburgh to St Andrews. The pair intended to come ashore at Dunbar but help was called when the rower's condition deteriorated.The ocean rowers had set off at 21:30 on Thursday night but by 03:30, one of them had fallen ill.
The inland lifeboat took seven minutes to reach the boat,which was drifting a mile north of Dunbar Harbour.One volunteer crew member went aboard to assess the rower, who was able to speak but was clearly unwell. In a two-metre swell and force six westerly wind, the man was taken onto the lifeboat and then onto the all-weather vessel where he was given oxygen.
The lifeboat crew member stayed with the other rower on board the boat which was then towed to the harbour.Dunbar lifeboat coxswain Gary Fairbairn said: "This was potentially a challenging operation in tricky conditions but we were able to utilise all the assets at our disposal and the casualty and vessel were brought ashore safely and without incident.
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