Two surfers found themselves in trouble this afternoon. They had been surfing the Golden Ball and found themselves caught in the tide and were swept away in heavy seas. Two of their fellow surfers raised the alarm when they didn’t return. Rescue 193 was called to the scene along with St Marys lifeboat. Before they could get there Cyclone answered the request for assistance, exclaiming that they could be there in 5 minutes from New Grimsby. Star of Life (the new medical launch) asked if they should go too, there was a little confusion from Falmouth coastguard thinking they had heard St Ives Lifeboat but Star of Life set out. Before the lifeboat or anyone else got there, Cyclone had rescued the surfers and returned them, safe and well, to Old Grimsby.
