 On 25 May 2012, the RNLI rescued two individuals, one of whom was clinging to the outside of the ferry.Their small motorboat had suffered engine failure placing the occupants at risk of being pulled under the chain ferry.On 16 July 2014, The Sandbanks Ferry was forced to stop crossing for two days as one of its chains was again broken by the "Barfleur" which passed fast and close to the moored "Bramble Bush Bay", at a very low tide.