
Horrendous weather conditions keep Salcombe Lifeboat crews busy
A little after 10am on Saturday (7 August) Salcombe all-weather lifeboat, The Baltic Exchange III launched in scruffy seas and driving rain, in response to a Mayday call from a yacht in difficulties off Soar Mill Cove.
After an extensive search and with nothing found the ILB returned to station.
10.53pm and time for one more Saturday shout, when the ALB launched to investigate a EPIRB signal 2.5 nm West of Bolt Head coming from an unregistered device and not connected to the previous shout. Again, following an extensive search of the area and with nothing found the lifeboat was stood down and returned to station.
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