Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat respond to broken mayday call
Date: 12.03.23
Time paged: 12:27
Call out #: 4
Paged at 12:27 when Coastguard received a broken mayday call on their Beer Head aerial, from kayaker in trouble, no location received.
Sidmouth Independent Lifeboat was at sea at 12:36 and conducted a shoreline search from Sidmouth to Lyme Regis, with Lyme Lifeboat conducting a search eastwards.
Search stood down at 13:30 when kayaker was reported to have reached the shore near Lyme in an exhausted state.
Search stood down at 13:30, Sidmouth Lifeboat back at Sidmouth at 13:55.
Boat Crew: Ian Fletcher (Helm), Dave Pearce, Kyle Baker, Ed Birch.
Tractor Driver: Pete Rosenfeld
DLA: Andy Mitchell, Phil Shepperd
Shore Crew: Tony Martin, Jim Brewster, Cameron Baker, Paul May, Mark Davies, Adrian Blight.
Wind Speed: Force 3-4
Wind: SW
Visibility: Moderate
All enquiries: media@sidmouthlifeboat.org.uk
Photo for illustrative purposes only. Credit: Kyle Baker Photography & Videography