35 rescued by RNLI from Manx waters in 2015

Thursday, 28 January 2016 00:00

35 people were rescued from Manx waters over the last year thanks to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

From the five RNLI stations across the Island there were 34 launches.

Port St Mary Lifeboat rescued the most people - with 20 brought back safely - but the busiest station was Douglas with 13 launches most of which were in the dark.

Press officer Mike Howland says launching the boats can be costly:

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