24/04/2010
We were requested to launch to assist in the evacuation of a passenger from the Cruise Liner “Ventura” that was coming down the eastern Solent on passage to Gibraltar.
The Lifeboat with the Doctor onboard made best speed and rendezvoused in the vicinity of the North Sturbridge buoy.
The boarding platform having been lowered, the lifeboat was brought alongside and secured, the Doctor was transferred across and after discussions, the couples luggage was passed across to the lifeboat with her husband and shortly followed by the lady as