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THE Penlee lifeboatmen have notched up their 40th 'shout' of a busy year.
In
total, they were called out four times last weekend, once to deal with
the discovery of the body of a suspected missing Eastern European
fisherman and on three other occasions to go to the assistance of
vessels in trouble.
Shortly
after returning from dealing with the discovery of the body on Saturday
morning, the crew were called out again to help a French yacht
competing in the Mini Transat race.
The Ivan Ellen towed the Delilalos back to Newlyn after it was located about a mile off Mousehole.
The helm had been unable to take down the mainsail but the problem was sorted out back in Newlyn harbour.
On Sunday morning, the crew were giving the inflatable Paul Alexander an engine run when they were called to assist a Newlyn fishing boat.
The Goforit,
fishing eight miles south east of Newlyn, had ropes entwined in its
prop causing the engine to stall and the two crew members were unable
to free the rope.
The Paul Alexander towed Goforit home to Newlyn where repairs were carried out.
And in the afternoon, the Penlee lifeboat was involved in another shout, this time going to the aid of a 40ft yacht, the Zephyr, which was having fuel problems in its main engine.
The Zephyr was towed two miles back to Newlyn where engineers cleared the problem, caused by contaminated fuel.
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TWO friends sailing their newly-bought yacht from Weymouth to their
home port of Swansea were rescued by the Sennen lifeboat after the
steering failed.
Simon
Fenton, an experienced sailor, and Mel Storey were taking the 10-metre
wooden yacht from Penzance to Padstow on Friday when they ran into
trouble three miles off the coast, between Longships lighthouse and the
Brisons.
Following a call to Falmouth coastguards the all weather lifeboat Norman Salvesen was launched at 11.20am and towed the vessel safely into Newlyn harbour.
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