5th July 2023. The volunteer watchkeepers from the National Coastwatch Institution station at Prawle Point overheard a Pan Pan radion message from a yacht, requiring assistance due to engine failure, and sailing with jib only

The watchkeepers quickly located the vessel and contacted HM Coastguard at Falmouth to advise them of the yachts position. They also advised Falmouth Coastguard of other vessels in the vicinity that might be able to offer assistance.

A spokesperson for NCI Prawle Point said “We maintained watch on the casualty and contacted Falmouth a little later to advise that they had managed to hoist their mainsail and make slow progress into Salcombe. We were stood down, and able to close the evening watch”.

 The photograph shows the NCI station at Prawle Point.