At 1720 on Wednesday 29th May 2019, Guernsey Coastguard received a radio call from sailing vessel “Rancer” asking for assistance. The vessel had 1 person onboard and had broken down approximately 2 miles west of Little Sark. She was making … Continue reading
At 1110 on Monday 6th May, Guernsey Coastguard received a PAN PAN urgency call from the fishing vessel “Kendor” which had broken down in the vicinity of Vivian Beacon, approximately half a mile south of the entrance to St Sampson’s … Continue reading
At 07:40am on Sunday 28th April 2019, Guernsey Coastguard received a MAYDAY distress call from the 42-foot sailing vessel Allura, with five persons on-board.The message stated that the Allura had run aground on rocks just outside of Beaucette marina on … Continue reading
At 1250 on Sunday 21st April, Guernsey Coastguard received a MAYDAY call from a Jersey registered vessel in distress approximately 5 miles south-east of St Martin’s Point. Motor vessel “Majeur Deux” had suffered a mechanical failure with smoke emitting from … Continue reading
photo by Jon Le Ray photo by Jon Le Ray Pic by Tony Rive 17-04-19 The St Peter Port Lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey heads south in the Little Russel as speed during a winching exercise with a Royal Navy Helicopter … Continue reading
The lifeboat crew have been receiving training from UK RNLI Divisional Assessor Training Officer Paul Taylor on the use of the new Inshore Lifeboat B889, “Elizabeth and Margaret Milligan”. Storm Eric provided some good and challenging conditions. Pic by Tony … Continue reading