The St Peter Port Lifeboat was tasked to search an area South of St Martins Point during the evening of Sunday 14th October 2018 after an EPIRB distress signal was received indicating a vessel in distress in that area.  The Spirit of Guernsey was launched at 17:11 and searched the area with assistance from the local fishing vessel “Sarah P”.  With nothing being found, both vessels were stood down.

The Spirit of Guernsey was back on station at 17:20.

Pic by Tony Rive 14-10-18
Guernsey Lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey heading back to St Peter Port Harbour following a report of a signal from an EPIRB being transmitted off the South Coast of Guernsey

At 1500 on Saturday 4th August 2018, St Peter Port Lifeboat was launched to attend to Jersey registered M/V “Chianti”, a 22ft motor boat which had suffered engine failure approximately 3 nautical miles south of Herm. The vessel had been on passage from Guernsey to Sark with 4 persons on board.

St Peter Port Lifeboat arrived on scene at approximately 1520 and attached a tow line to the stricken vessel. None of the 4 crew members were injured and the vessel was towed safely back to St Peter Port harbour arriving alongside shortly before 1545.

Sunday 29 July 2018

The RNLI has urged beachgoers to stay safe if they head to the beach with inflatables this summer.

With people flocking to the coast across the UK, there has been a spike in the number of people having to be rescued from a wide range of inflatables – ranging from footballs, unicorns, flamingos to inflatable boats.

RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager, Peter Gill said, ‘Inflatables aren’t designed for the beach, and it is easy to find yourself quickly swept out to sea.

‘If you do choose to use them, we would like to remind people that they’re to be used near the shore and only when the wind is blowing back onto the beach. Never take inflatables out in big waves, and never use them when the winds which will blow you further out to sea.

 ‘On Sunday, our local volunteer crew were called out to reports of two persons with an inflatable kayak at Pembroke struggling to get back to shore. Thankfully, the wind died down and the kayakers were able to return safely to dry land.  However, it could have been a very different outcome.’

Whenever you take to the sea the RNLI recommend that you and your children wear a suitable lifejacket or buoyancy aid.  This will provide the necessary flotation should the inflatable suffer a puncture or similar.