Date of Incident:
16/04/2022
Station:
NCI St Alban's Head
Incident Summary:
Pan Pan from yacht with fouled prop overheard on radio by NCI. HMCG informed that NCI had visual. Border Force vessel offered assistance but LB tasked, and NCI conned it onto casualty.
LB took casualty under tow to safety.
RNLI:
Yes
Initiated:
MCA/HMCG
MCA:
Yes
MCA No.:
008854
Casualty Type:
Sailing Vessel
Cause of Incident:
Vessel - Fouled propellor / entangled with floating hazard