At 0436 this on Friday 15th July 2016, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from the local fishing vessel “Amy Blue” asking for assistance, the fishing vessel suffered a total power failure approximately 3nm North of Sark.
The Spirit of Guernsey departed St Peter Port at 0505 and found the “Amy Blue” at 0521; after attaching a towline to the casualty at 0530 the lifeboat returned to St Peter Port with the Amy Blue in tow arriving at 0650.
At 0625 on Wednesday 13th July 2016, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from the local fishing vessel “Asile Sur” declaring he could see a French yacht on Brehon Tower rocks with the sails up.
The “Asile Sur” confirmed no crew could be seen with the yacht at 0630.
St Peter Port lifeboat departed at 0648 and found the yacht “Marateu” at 0653; the lifeboat deployed the Y boat dinghy and found one Crew on board the yacht that was unwilling to leave his yacht.
The Lifeboat arrived back in St Peter Port at 0757, the harbour work boat “Sarnia” will assist the yacht to re-float on the next high water if required.
At 1037 on the morning of Sunday 10th July, 2016, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from the vessel “Escapade” declaring he was towing the local vessel “Fair Douze” approximately 7nm east of Sark with a rope around his propeller.
The vessel “Escapade” in contact with the casualty reported, the skipper of “Fair Douze” was unwell at 1120, and this was confirmed at 1122 with the “Fair Douze”
St Peter Port lifeboat departed at 1153 with (2) St Johns Ambulance & Rescue crew on board, making contact with the casualty at 1220 and transferring a Lifeboat crew member on board, then towing the “Fair Douze” back to St Peter Port harbour.
Green Fishing Net floats on the surface behind motor Cruiser Fair Douze Pic by Tony Rive
Lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey in the Little Russel towing a motor boat back to St Peter Port
Lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey towing Fair Douze to St Peter Port Pic by Tony Rive
Lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey towing Fair Douze to St Peter Port Pic by Tony Rive
Lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey towing Fair Douze to St Peter Port Pic by Tony Rive
Spirit of Guernsey back in St Peter Port after towing Fair Douze back to Port 10-07-16 Pic by Tony Rive
The Lifeboat arrived back in St Peter Port at 1330 with the “Fair Douze” in tow.
Lifeboat Flag Day in Town is on Saturday 25th. June. The Lifeboat will be alongside the slipway opposite the Town Church from 09.30 to 11.00 for people to look round the lifeboat and meet some of the crew.
If anybody is willing to collect in Town during the day, please call Celia Allen
Many congratulations to Celia Allen who was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours List. Celia is Chairman of the Guernsey Lifeboat Guild
Pic by Tony Rive 14-06-16
Celia Allen MBE at St Peter Port Harbour opposite Lifeboat Spirit of Guernsey
Wednesday 25th May 2016
Several calls were made to Guernsey Coastguard from the catamaran “Vaares” that she was low on fuel, had steering problems and required assistance. Despite Guernsey Coastguards best efforts, the yacht was making very little progress and was in difficulties. As no other vessel was able to go to “Vaares” assistance, a decision was made to dispatch the “Spirit of Guernsey” to tow the vessel to St Peter Port
2330 Lifeboat Yellow
2354 “Spirit of Guernsey” Pierheads outbound to the casualty.
0035 “Spirit of Guernsey” on scene in the reported location, starting to establish a tow with “Vaares”
0040 Tow established, both vessels returning to St Peter Port
0233 “Spirit of Guernsey” arrives back in St Peter Port with the “Vaares” tow.
Nice night for a tow from south west of the Hanois, photo by Carl Bisson
Catamaran Vaares that the Lifeboat towed into St Peter Port 25-05-16 Pic by Tony Rive