Lifeboat crews help save teenager found lifeless in sea off Clacton Pier VOLUNTEER lifeboat crews helped to save the life of a teenager spotted floating and lifeless in the sea off Clacton. Clacton RNLI s D Class inshore lifeboat was urgently called into action by HM Coastguard after the girl, thought to be aged about 17 or 18, was spotted in difficulty on the west side of Clacton Pier on Thursday at about 4pm. The call came shortly after Clacton s Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat was preparing to launch to respond to a Mayday call from a fishing vessel taking on water. The crews quickly prepared to launch the D class, which found the casualty floating on their back and lifeless, about 100 meters from the shoreline.