At 09:41 Falmouth Coastguard requested that Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat be launched following a VHF call from the two persons onboard the 18ft Punt Badger which was drifting towards the St Just shoreline in adverse weather conditions having suffered engine failure. The boat did not have an anchor and neither of the persons onboard had a lifejacket.

The Inshore Lifeboat launched from her slipway at 09:46 arriving on scene at 09:49. The two persons were taken off the punt and placed onboard the inshore lifeboat before a towline was connected to their punt. The boat was then towed back to Mylor Harbour where it was safely moored up on the pontoon at 10:20. The inshore lifeboat was then released to return to station.

The Inshore Lifeboat was back on its slipway by 10:32 where it was refuelled, rehoused and was ready for service by 10:45.

The two people onboard the 18ft Picarooner Punt had been heading down river from Mylor to go fishing in their Oyster Dredger but had decided to pop out into the Carrick Roads to assess the weather conditions first. Their outboard had then failed leaving them at the mercy of the weather, with all their safety equipment still onboard their main boat.

An Inshore Lifeboat Service

 

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