At 17:35 Falmouth Coastguard requested that Falmouth Inshore Lifeboat be launched following reports that a Sailing Dinghy off Portscatho had been seen to capsize on a number of occasions. Portscatho Coastguard Mobile was also tasked to assist.

The Inshore Lifeboat launched from her slipway at 17:41 and headed out around St Anthony Lighthouse and up into Gerrans Bay. At 17:53 as the Inshore Lifeboat was approached Portscatho it reported that it had the sailing dinghy visual. Once on scene it was soon established that the four occupants of the Pico Sailing Dinghy had been practising capsizing and righting the dinghy and were certainly not in any difficulties. In view of this at 18:00 the Inshore Lifeboat was released to return to station while the rather embarrassed youngsters continued to sail back to Portscatho.

The Inshore Lifeboat was back on its slipway by 18:20 where it was refuelled, rehoused and was ready for service by 18:30.

To someone on the shore it would have been very easy to believe that the sailing dinghy might have been in difficulties so this was defiantly a case of a False Alarm with good intent.

An Inshore Lifeboat Service

 

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