Sennen Cove RNLI volunteers launch to assist yacht snagged by pot marker buoy.

The RNLI volunteer crew’s pagers activated at 10.17am and the lifeboat launched at 10.25am with seven crew, under the command of duty Coxswain Kirstan Gorvin.

Following some confusion over the yacht’s original given position the Lifeboat located the casualty approximately three miles west-south-west of the Runnelstone Buoy and arrived on scene at 10.53am.

The Tamar class lifeboat’s Y class inflatable boat was launched with two RNLI volunteers on board, and in calm seas, they managed to free yacht from the pot marker buoy.

With the casualty successfully freed, and the crew safe and well, the Yacht was able to continue on her passage.

The City of London III recovered the RNLI volunteers and the Y class inflatable and returned to Sennen Cove where she was recovered up the short slip at 11.40am. The lifeboat was then washed down, refuelled and made ready her next service

Ends.

Notes to editors

Photos ; RNLI/Tim Stevens

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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.

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