Sunday 24th August 2014
0155 A call was received by Guernsey Coastguard from the local fishing boat “Gina Louise” that she had suffered a hydraulic failure and was unable to proceed. The fishing vessel was fishing just outside St Peter Port on the Great Bank. As no other vessels were in the area, Relief Lifeboat “Daniel L Gibson “was tasked to assist and tow the vessel back to St Peter Port.
0155 Lifeboat Yellow
0220 Lifeboat pier heads outbound.
0230 Lifeboat on scene, establishing a tow.
The relief lifeboat Daniel L Gibson was launched at 13:45 on Friday 22nd August 2014 to go to the aid of a French yacht with 5 crew on board which had struck rocks off the East coast of Herm.
The lifeboat was alongside the ”Douz” at 13:59 and put 2 crew aboard with salvage pumps.
Four of the yacht’s crew were transferred to the lifeboat and when the water ingress was under control a tow was established.
The lifeboat arrived back at St Peter Port with the casualty at 15:20 where it was craned out of the water onto the top of the old lifeboat slip for assessment.
The relief lifeboat Daniel L Gibson was called out at 05:10 local time on Thursday 21st August 2014, to go to the assistance of a French yacht which had engine failure at the top of the Little Russel. As conditions were calm and the vessel was unable to sail, and no other vessel was able to offer assistance, the lifeboat was tasked.
The Daniel L Gibson returned with the casualty in tow and arrived safely back at St Peter Port at 06:00, and was back on station at 06:10.
At 1806 on Saturday 16th August 2014, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from the Guernsey Yacht “Majic” with (4) crew on board requesting assistance. The yacht reported steering problems and was unable to proceed.
The relief St Peter Port Lifeboat, the “Daniel L Gibson” departed St Peter Port at 1908 and found the casualty 2nm East of St Martins point at 1929, the Lifeboat managed to connect a tow rope to the casualty at 1942, then towed the yacht back to St Peter Port harbour arriving at 2028.
At 2128 on Wednesday 13th August 2014, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from the Belgium yacht “Eos 2”drifting in the Little Russel with no engine, and two people on board.
The St Peter Port Lifeboat departed St Peter Port at 2239 and found the casualty of St Sampson harbour at 2253, the Lifeboat returned to St Peter Port with the casualty in tow arriving at 2315.
1508 A call was received by Guernsey Coastguard from the Ambulance and Rescue Centre on Sunday 11th August 2014, requesting assistance in locating two persons cut off by the tide on rocks close to Petit Port. As at present Airsearch is unavailable and it was considered too rough to launch an ILB, the “Daniel L Gibson” was tasked to locate the two stranded persons.
1553 Lifeboat Yellow
1611 Lifeboat pier heads outbound.
1624 Lifeboat on scene, casualties located, crew directing Cliff Rescue Team to casualties’ location.
1840 Lifeboat expected back in St Peter Port after the casualties had been escorted up the cliffs.