Date of Incident:
23/09/2023
Station:
NCI Polruan
Incident Summary:
May Day broadcast from vessel, helmsman overboard. NCI inform HMCG they had visual on vessel, monitoring requested. Charlestown NCI also had visual. Both stations searching for casualty. AWLB
and ILB tasked. Nearby vessel located casualty in water, and stood by to await LB. HELO also on scene. Casualty recovered at third attempt, HELO stood down, casualty taken ashore by LB, and handed
to ambulance crew.
RNLI:
Yes
Initiated:
MCA/HMCG
MCA:
Yes
MCA No.:
535560
Casualty Type:
Sailing Vessel
Cause of Incident:
Man Overboard