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Fowey RNLI rescue mother and son cut off by tide
On Sunday 28 June, Falmouth Coastguard tasked Fowey RNLI to launch to rescue a mother and her thirteen year old son who were cut off by the tide at Little Lantic beach.
The pair had arrived at the beach with the father on a jet ski during the afternoon. Due to the sea swell and waves, they felt it was unsafe for all three to depart on the jet ski so the father left the mother and son on the beach and planned to moor up the jet ski and then rendezvous with them back at the car park above Lantic Bay.
The high tide and waves made it impossible for the mother and son to get to the main beach. After three hours they were getting increasingly cold, so the mother called 999 and requested assistance from the coastguard. Fowey’s volunteer crew launched their D class inshore lifeboat at 8:25 and arrived on scene at 8:35.
It was a tricky beach landing for the lifeboat crew, but they successfully achieved it and both casualties were taken onboard the lifeboat. Due to the surge and waves on the main beach, it was deemed unsafe to attempt a landing to drop them there, so the casualties were brought back to Polruan pontoon where they were reunited with the father.
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