At 15:08 Falmouth Coastguard requested that Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat be launched following a call from a member of the public reporting that his Jet Ski had broken down and was stranded in a cove near Swanpool.

The Inshore Lifeboat launched from her slipway at 15:14 and proceeded to Swanpool where the Jet Ski was located in a cove between Swanpool Beach and Pennance Point. A line was taken ashore by one of the lifeboat crew and the Jet Ski and its two occupants were towed off the beach. Once the two persons had been transferred to the Inshore Lifeboat the Jet Ski was towed back to Mylor Harbour where it was safely placed on its trailer at 16:38, the Inshore Lifeboat was then released to return to station.

The Inshore Lifeboat was back on its slipway by 16:42 where it was refuelled, rehoused and was ready for service by 17:00.

It had been the first trip out of the season for the Jet Ski and its owner when its engine had suffered a major mechanical failure, leaving it with no means of propulsion so it drifted into an inaccessible cove.

An Inshore Lifeboat Service