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Fowey RNLI lifeboat crew rescue boat with engine failure
On Friday 26 June, the coastguard tasked the Fowey lifeboat to launch after receiving a 999 call from crew on a 16ft Bow Rider that had reported engine trouble just off Carylon Bay with three people on board.
They had dropped the anchor but were concerned that it was not holding and they were drifting towards the rocks with the wind picking up.
Fowey’s crew launched their Atlantic 85 lifeboat and arrived on scene at 7:15pm. The lifeboat mechanic, Oli Luck, managed to get the casualty vessel started and the lifeboat then escorted the casualty vessel back to Fowey. The vessel then made its own way back to its mooring in Golant.
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