Auxiliary Lifeboat Called Out

The stand-by lifeboat crew were called out at the weekend after an incident on a local fishing vessel of the south coast of St Mary’s.

When lifting pots off Peninnis, the local fisherman’s ropes got caught in the propeller, forcing the engines to stall. Unable to regain power, the boat was drifting north towards the rocks.

Some of the crew who would usually have attended the incident were out retrieving the local Severn-class lifeboat ‘The Whiteheads’ from repairs on the mainland. An Arun-class stand-by lifeboat (covering for the Whiteheads for the past two weeks) was launched instead.

The fishing vessel was damaged, but the crew were unharmed.