StephenSails
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MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY
No: Duty No 4 7 July 2005
FOUR RESCUED AFTER YACHT CAPSIZE
At half past seven yesterday evening Brixham Coastguard picked up a pan-pan call via VHF radio from a yacht in St Austell Bay called Gemini reporting four people in the water from another yacht they were sailing with.
The four men were attempting to lower a sail when the vessel filled with water and turned over, throwing the four men into the water.
Brixham Coastguard on receiving the pan-pan call called out the St Austell Coastguard rescue team and requested the launch of the Fowey RNLI all weather lifeboat. An ambulance was also called.
The yacht was in a position, one mile offshore in St Austell Bay. The broadcast by the fellow yacht was also received by a nearby fishing vessel who went to their assistance.
Fowey Lifeboat was quickly with the vessels to render assistance. The men were taken back to the boathouse to be checked over by paramedics after being recovered from the water.
The men were all local to the St Austell area.
Kevin Hird, Duty Watch Manager, Brixham Coastguard said:
"In this particular incident, the men were quickly rescued because a fellow yacht was able to raise the alarm by making a pan broadcast to the Coastguard and any other vessels in the area who heard the call.
A passing fishing vessel the 'Pamela' went to the aid of these yachts and was able to help recover the men from the water prior to the arrival of the lifeboat.
We would recommend that all users of the water around our coasts have a VHF radio on board, are trained in its use, and use it to call the coastguard in an emergency, which is to the credit of the fellow sailors in this particular instance."
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A bit worrying!!
No: Duty No 4 7 July 2005
FOUR RESCUED AFTER YACHT CAPSIZE
At half past seven yesterday evening Brixham Coastguard picked up a pan-pan call via VHF radio from a yacht in St Austell Bay called Gemini reporting four people in the water from another yacht they were sailing with.
The four men were attempting to lower a sail when the vessel filled with water and turned over, throwing the four men into the water.
Brixham Coastguard on receiving the pan-pan call called out the St Austell Coastguard rescue team and requested the launch of the Fowey RNLI all weather lifeboat. An ambulance was also called.
The yacht was in a position, one mile offshore in St Austell Bay. The broadcast by the fellow yacht was also received by a nearby fishing vessel who went to their assistance.
Fowey Lifeboat was quickly with the vessels to render assistance. The men were taken back to the boathouse to be checked over by paramedics after being recovered from the water.
The men were all local to the St Austell area.
Kevin Hird, Duty Watch Manager, Brixham Coastguard said:
"In this particular incident, the men were quickly rescued because a fellow yacht was able to raise the alarm by making a pan broadcast to the Coastguard and any other vessels in the area who heard the call.
A passing fishing vessel the 'Pamela' went to the aid of these yachts and was able to help recover the men from the water prior to the arrival of the lifeboat.
We would recommend that all users of the water around our coasts have a VHF radio on board, are trained in its use, and use it to call the coastguard in an emergency, which is to the credit of the fellow sailors in this particular instance."
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A bit worrying!!
