NCI initiates textbook rescue at Gosport

The yacht is rescued very quickly following its collision with the navigation mark. Photo by Graham Dubber

The UK''s National Coastwatch Institution’s Gosport Lookout Station recently observed the yacht ''First Fancy'' in collision with the Ballast Pile, an important navigation mark near the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour.

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