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Boat: All Weather Lifeboat
Crew: Snowy Angove (Coxswain), David Proud, Alistair Heane, Nick Lewis, John Lower, Oliver Lewis, Andy Jenkin
Location: 5 miles Southeast of Dodman Point
Shout Date: 23/08/2007 (All day)
Weather:N 5, Moderate Sea and Swell, Good Visibility, Sunny

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At 12:52 Falmouth Coastguard contacted Falmouths Lifeboat Operations Manager to request Lifeboat assistance for the 36ft Motor Boat Tiger Blue which had reported a serious engine room fire while 5 miles Southeast of Dodman Point. As the two persons onboard were considering abandoning their vessel, both Falmouth All Weather and Inshore Lifeboats were tasked to assist, the Inshore Lifeboat being able to reach the scene first and if required would be able to recover anybody from the water.

The All Weather Lifeboat left its pontoon at 13:02 and headed around Zone Point and set course for the vessels last known position 13 miles to the east. The Inshore Lifeboat launched from her slipway a few minutes earlier at 12:58, and arriving on scene at 13:30 where she found the sail training vessel Providence already standing by the Tiger Blue. The Inshore Lifeboat put two crewmen onboard the motorboat who were able to confirm that the fire was out, but that the vessel was completely disabled.

The All Weather Lifeboat arrived on scene at 13:43 and a towline was passed, the vessel requesting to be towed to Falmouth, its original destination. The Inshore Lifeboat continued to escort the lifeboat and tow, until at 14:21 it was decided that the Inshore Lifeboat should be released, one of the All Weather Lifeboat crew being transferred to the casualty to replace the two crew from the inshore lifeboat. The All Weather Lifeboat continued to tow the motorboat to Falmouth where she was safely berthed at Port Pendennis Marina at 16:15.

The All Weather Lifeboat was back alongside its pontoon berth by 16:20. The lifeboat was then refuelled, and was ready for service by 16:35.

The incident had been caused when the exhaust manifold on one of the vessels engines had sheared off causing hot exhaust fumes to engulf the engine room with the potential for creating a major fire. The skipper had followed good practice, shutting down everything down and preparing to abandon his vessel. His actions certainly saved his vessel and probably the lives of the two people onboard.