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Boat: All Weather Lifeboat
Crew: Mark Pollard (Coxswain), Peter Wood, Alan Rowe, John Blakeston, Nick Lewis, Carl Beardmore, Claire Angove, Dr Richard James
Location: St Anthony Lighthouse
Shout Date: 31/08/2007 (All day)
Weather:NW 2, Slight Sea and Swell, Good Visibility, Overcast

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At 02:09 Falmouth Coastguard received a call from Falmouths Inshore Lifeboat requesting the launch of the Falmouth All Weather Lifeboat with a Doctor onboard to assist with the treatment of the single handed skipper of the 23ft Gaff Rigged Tosher JoJo who was suffering from a diabetic attack and whose boat had run aground under St Anthony Lighthouse.

Following a request from Falmouth Coastguard the inshore lifeboat had been launched at 01:58 and had located the vessel aground in one of the gullies to the east of St Anthony Lighthouse. The skipper had been unconscious for a number of hours and although he had regained consciousness and eaten a number of bananas to raise his sugar levels he was still very confused and needed to be checked over by a doctor.

The All Weather Lifeboat left its pontoon at 02:17, arriving on scene at 02:26. The casualty was transferred to the All Weather Lifeboat by the Inshore Lifeboat and at 22:35 the All Weather Lifeboat headed back to station with the casualty onboard. By 02:50 the lifeboat was back alongside its pontoon and the casualty was taken into the boathouse where he received further treatment from the Lifeboats Doctor. His condition gradually improved and he was eventually able to be collected by a friend. The All Weather Lifeboat was refuelled, and ready for service by 03:00.

In the mean time the inshore lifeboat managed to refloat the vessel and by 03:36 had towed it into Falmouth and had safely secured it at Port Pendennis Marina.

The JoJo had been on passage from Plymouth to Falmouth. The skipper remembers dropping his mainsail at 21:30 as he approached his mooring off Loe Beach when he also phoned his friend. He next remembers some time after 01:00 becoming aware of the beam of the lighthouse above him and that his boat was aground on the rocks. Although still very confused he instinctively eat some bananas, which helped stabilise his condition and then used his mobile phone to raise the alarm. Miraculously the boat had travelled over 4 miles before running aground at the entrance to the harbour without suffering any damage when it grounded. Otherwise it would have drifted out into the English Channel.