French ‘Jackpot’ Rescued Off Island
Jul 19th, 2008 | By Editor | In: Lifestyle, News, TravelA RNLI lifeboat and Coastguard helicopter went to the aid of a French yacht on Friday, off the Isle of Wight.
The Coastguard helicopter from Lee on Solent was scrambled, Needles Coastguard Rescue Team was despatched and Yarmouth RNLI Lifeboat was requested to launch.
At 4.00 pm, Solent Coastguard intercepted an urgency broadcast from a vessel later found to be the French yacht ‘Jackpot’. Communications were difficult and the French Coastguard was requested to assist.
When the helicopter and lifeboat arrived, they found the yacht, with two people on board, drifting towards a lee shore with a severely damaged rudder. The yacht was taken in tow by the lifeboat and has just arrived in Yarmouth,
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