MOTORCRUISER CALLS FOR HELP AFTER HITTING SUBMERGED OBJECT

 A motorcruiser with four people on board broadcast an urgent request for help this afternoon after the vessel struck a submerged object, north of Lundy Island.

The 32 foot motorcruiser ‘Estedor 2’ broadcast a pan-pan message which was picked up by Swansea Coastguard at 3.25 pm this afternoon. The coastguard re-broadcast the message to which a passenger vessel and a yacht responded, going to the motorcruiser’s assistance. The Estedor 2 had started to take on some water, although this was being pumped off by the vessel’s bilge pumps. The collision had also caused damage to the motorcruiser’s engines, so Swansea Coastguard requested the Appledore RNLI all weather lifeboat to launch to the vessel’s assistance. Once on scene, the lifeboat took the motorcruiser in tow to Appledore.

Bev Haigh, Swansea Coastguard Watch Manager says:

“All four of the people on board were wearing lifejackets and acted correctly in making a pan pan broadcast on VHF channel 16 as soon as the collision had happened.

“Remember that if you have VHF DSC radio equipment on board you can send a distress alert and an accurate position of your vessel to the coastguard with one touch of a button. You must then follow this up immediately with a broadcast on channel 16.”


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