Thursday 3rd April |
Station Tyne Class "Norman Salvesen" and Inshore Lifeboat `Spirit of the RLC`
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Both the "Norman Salvesen" and the `Spirit of the RLC` launched just after 1250 this afternoon to assist a kayaker reported to be in distress in Porthcurno Bay. After a passage around Lands End at full speed in dense fog, the lifeboats arrived off Pednvounder Beach to find the kayaker, with his boat`, on the beach. He had capsized and been washed ashore. He was uninjured but required an escort out through the surf to return to Porthgwarra, from where he had departed earlier in the day. The ILB brought the casualty out through the surf, where his boat was transferred to the ALB - he was then returned and landed safely ashore at Porthgwarra. Lifeboats returned to Sennen Cove at 1400, the ALB waiting an hour on the mooring for the tide to flow sufficiently to recover up the short slipway. A rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose and the Lands End Cliff Rescue Team also attended this incident. Weather:- dense fog in light winds; good visibility east of Porthgwarra. |
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ALB Crew :- Terry George, Phil Shannon, Richard Brown, Andrew Prowse, Rob Spence ILB Crew:- Dan Shannon, Ollie George, Kirstan Gorvin. |
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Monday 31st March |
Station Tyne Class "Norman Salvesen"
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The "Norman Salvesen " launched at 2215 to assist the large crabber `Pen Glas` disabled with a fouled propeller appx 12 miles west-northwest of Sennen Cove The lifeboat arrived with the Pen Glas at 2300 and the crabber was towed to Newlyn, arriving at 0415. |
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Weather:- mist and drizzle - wind westerly force 5-6; moderate sea and swell Crew:- Phil Shannon, Dan Shannon, Richard brown, Ollie George, Kirstan Gorvin, Andrew Tonkin, Nick Hichens |
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