At 09:50 Falmouth All Weather Lifeboat was leaving the harbour on exercise when Falmouth Coastguard requested that the Lifeboat proceed to assist two persons reported in the water from an overturned Kayak off Pennance Point.

As the All Weather Lifeboat was approaching Pendennis Point at 09:54 Falmouth Coastguard confirmed that the two occupants of the Kayak had been assisted by the Gyllyngvase Lifeguards Inshore Rescue Boat and no further assistance was required so the Lifeboat continued on its exercise.

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At 14:22 Falmouth Coastguard requested that both Falmouth All Weather and Inshore Lifeboats be launched following a call from 34ft Yacht Pipeduet II with six persons onboard reporting that they were aground on The Hutches near Maenporth. The Falmouth Coastguard Mobile was also tasked to assist.

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At 14:22 Falmouth Coastguard requested that both Falmouth Inshore and All Weather Lifeboats be launched following a call from 34ft Yacht Pipeduet II with six persons onboard reporting that they were aground on The Hutches near Maenporth. The Falmouth Coastguard Mobile was also tasked to assist.

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At 04:36 Falmouth Coastguard requested that Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat be launched following a call from the police reporting shouting coming from the water between Boscawen Park and the quay at Truro. The Falmouth Coastguard Mobile was also tasked to assist along with a Police Dog Handler.

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At 19:27 as Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat was securing a previous casualty vessel at Mylor Harbour, Falmouth Coastguard requested that the Inshore Lifeboat proceed to assist a 2.5m Rigid Inflatable with four persons onboard which had been reported as being broken down off Swanpool.

The Inshore Lifeboat arrived on scene at 19:34 and located the boat drifting to seaward due to the offshore wind. The boat was taken in tow back to Swanpool Beach where it was safely landed, and having obtained the casualties details the Inshore Lifeboat was released to return to station at 20:16.

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At 18:50 Falmouth Coastguard requested that Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat be launched to investigate an unmanned 4 metre Rigid Inflatable which had been reported anchored in the main navigation channel off Messack Point in the Carrick Roads, with the keys and kill cord still attached and a warm engine.

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At 16:05 as Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat was returning from attending the annual Port Navas Regatta Falmouth Coastguard requested that the Inshore Lifeboat proceed to the assistance of a 27ft Motor Boat L’Diane with one person onboard which had broken down off the Messack Buoy in the Carrick Roads.

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At 16:16 Falmouth Coastguard requested that Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat be launched following reports of a dismasted sailing dinghy off Pennance Point.

The Inshore Lifeboat launched from her slipway at 16:22 and arrived on scene at 16:28. The dinghy was a Laser Radial and the mast had snapped close to the deck. The Inshore Lifeboat took the dinghy in tow back to Maenporth Beach where the dinghy and its single occupant were landed safely on the beach at 16:51, the Inshore Lifeboat then being released to return to station.

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At 21:34 Falmouth Coastguard requested that Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat be launched following a call from the occupants of a small open boat which had broken down off Scott’s Quay in Polwheveral Creek on the Helford River.

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At 18:08 Falmouth Coastguard requested that Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat be launched following a call from the 34ft Yacht Runcible Moon reporting that she had fouled her propeller on a lobster pot marker off Zone Point.

The Inshore Lifeboat launched from her slipway at 18:14 and arrived on scene at 18:22. The yacht was eventually freed from the lobster pot marker but the propeller could not be cleared so the Inshore Lifeboat towed the yacht to Mylor Harbour where she was safely moored at 19:58, the Inshore Lifeboat being released to return to station.

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