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First lives saved by RNLI’s MOB Guardian
18 Jul 2008
When the 36ft Brixham registered fishing vessel Guyanacapsized and sank suddenly off Sark the three man crew were initially left floundering in the water. They were able to board their liferaft after it was released automatically from the sunken vessel.
An overdue alert from the MOB Guardian fitted to the vessel was quickly detected in the operations room of the RNLI headquarters at Poole and details of the vessels last known position were passed initially to Falmouth Coastguard and subsequently to the Channel Islands Search and Rescue Authority.
The St. Peter Port RNLI lifeboat was at sea training at the time just 12 miles away from the position and after calculating the likely drift, located the liferaft containing the three crewmen. They were landed safely ashore unharmed within an hour of the initial alert being received.
Read the full story in the August edition of Maritime Journal.
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