Lizard RNLI lifeboat launched to becalmed yacht
The Lizard Lifeboat launched on service shortly after 7am on Sunday 17th July to go to the assistance of a 37ft becalmed yacht which was on passage from Ireland with three people on board.
The yacht had suffered engine failure and was in a position of nine miles W of Lizard Point. Conditions on scene were described as flat calm with zero wind making it near on impossible for the yacht to sail.
A line was attached and the yacht was towed safely into Newlyn Harbour.
To find out more about The Lizard lifeboat station, visit the station website at www.thelizardlifeboat.org.uk or our Facebook page, The Lizard RNLI lifeboat station.
Notes to editors
The photograph shows the yacht on tow to Newlyn. Credit Johnny Bray.
RNLI media contacts
For more information about The Lizard RNLI lifeboat station news please contact the station’s Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer: Lyndsay Bray on 01326290478 / 07976635173 or email [email protected] or Emma Haines, RNLI Public Relations Manager (South), 01752 8544457 / 07786668847 or email Emma [email protected]
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.
Learn more about the RNLI
For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, X, TikTok and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.
Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.