Tuesday 24th August |
Station Tamar Class `City of London III`
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| The ` City of London III ` launched at 1434 today following reports of a person in trouble in a tide rip at Porthcurno. Just after launching, the lifeboat was advised by Falmouth Coastguard that the person was now out of the water and receiving attention on the beach. The lifeboat was cleared to return to station and was recovered up the launching slipway at 1445. Weather:- generally fine, wind westerly force 4 - 5 with a moderate sea. Crew:- Terry George, Phil Shannon, Richard Brown, Dan Shannon, Tom Nicholas, Jason Woodward. |
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Sunday 22nd August |
Station Tamar Class `City of London III`
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| The ` City of London III ` launched at 0950 today to assist the 22m Newlyn beam trawler `Elizabeth N` disabled with a fouled propeller some 35 miles north of Lands End. The owners of the trawler were arranging for another company vessel to proceed to tow her back to Newlyn but, because of the poor weather forecast, the Coastguard decided that it would be prudent to achieve this quicker by using the lifeboat. The lifeboat arrived with the Elizabeth N at 1130 and a tow was established for Newlyn, arriving at 2030. The `City of London III` returned to Sennen Cove at 2145 after almost exactly 12 hours on service. Weather: fine at first, heavy rain later in the day. Light southeasterly winds with a generally smooth sea - conditions forecast to deteriorate significantly overnight. Crew:- Terry George; Phil Shannon, John Murray; Kirstan Gorvin; Martin Greene; Jason Woodward.  City of London III and Elizabeth N entering Newlyn (image thanks Jack Lancaster) |
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Thursday 12th August |
Relief ILB `The Doris`
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`The Doris` had just launched on her regular Thursday evening exercise at 1940 when an `immediate` call from Falmouth Coastguard was received advising of a kayaker waving from help close under Land`s End The ILB made best speed to Lands End and located the kayaker who was in the water clinging to his capsized kayak. The man was recovered into the lifeboat and the kayak taken in tow back to Sennen Cove The casualty had been in the water for a few minutes and was in the early stages of hypothermia. He was cared for at the lifeboat station for a while before returning to his holiday accommodation with his family. The kayak had capsized in the very strong spring ebb tide at Land`s End. It was extremely fortunate that the ILB was already afloat; the extra time for a `normal` call-out may have meant a very different outcome to this incident. Crew:- Rich Marsden; Tom Nicholas; Elliot Andrews. Weather:- part cloudy, light northerly breeze, very strong ebbing spring tide.  ILB leaving Land`s End with casualty on board and kayak under tow. (image thanks Peter Puddiphatt) |
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