46332

46332

Submitted by Colin Scott11 on Wed, 28/06/2023 - 14:36

Date of Incident:

28/06/2023

Station:

NCI Stone Point

Incident Summary:

Passing yacht reported to HMCG a yacht was aground. NCI advised they had visual, and gave correct position. ILB and CRT tasked, LB crew found no-one on yacht, but found a used flair.

Owner located, returned to casualty vessel and waited for tide to refloat vessel. ILB stood down, but CRT waited with vessel.

RNLI:

Yes

Initiated:

MCA/HMCG

MCA:

Yes

MCA No.:

520830

Casualty Type:

Sailing Vessel

Cause of Incident:

Vessel - Stranding or Grounding

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