Gale force winds ✔️
Three-metre high waves ✔️
Loss of engine power ✔️
Torn sails ✔️
Completely alone ✔️
And in total darkness ✔️
Trouble? ✔️
A lone yachtsman found himself in trouble last week in very windy conditions and issued a Pan Pan distress call. Teams from HM Coastguard and the RNLI rushed to his aid.
Would you also know how to call for help if the worst happened out on the water?
Read full details of last week’s dramatic rescue in gale force winds:
https://hmcoastguard.uk/rnli-volunteers-and-hm-coastguard-battle-storm-force-conditions-save-lone-sailor
Footage courtesy of HM Coastguard helicopter based at Newquay and RNLI volunteers' body cameras.
Three-metre high waves ✔️
Loss of engine power ✔️
Torn sails ✔️
Completely alone ✔️
And in total darkness ✔️
Trouble? ✔️
A lone yachtsman found himself in trouble last week in very windy conditions and issued a Pan Pan distress call. Teams from HM Coastguard and the RNLI rushed to his aid.
Would you also know how to call for help if the worst happened out on the water?
Read full details of last week’s dramatic rescue in gale force winds:
https://hmcoastguard.uk/rnli-volunteers-and-hm-coastguard-battle-storm-force-conditions-save-lone-sailor
Footage courtesy of HM Coastguard helicopter based at Newquay and RNLI volunteers' body cameras.
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