200th day of the Tens

In the wake of the Cork Week Regatta
A woman has been found alive
After being stranded in the sea
Forty Five Miles North West
Off the Isles of Scilly.

An overboard signal was sent from the yacht 'Jaguar Logic' to another yacht 'Buchaneer'

The call came through at 1am this morning, on Monday the 19th of July, scrambled by RAF Chivenor requesting the launch of Sennen and St Marys RNLI lifeboats. According to the Falmouth coastguard several vessels had to be employed in order to find the missing person.

Neil Oliver, Falmouth Coastguard Watch Manager said: “We were pleased to say that the woman had been found alive and uninjured alongside the vessel ‘Jeese Louise’. She had been winched from the water and airlifted to Treliske Hospital. We were particularly relieved to have found her since she had been in the sea for two hours, was not wearing a lifejacket and sea conditions were fairly rough.”

It has become known that Jeese Louise was on its way back home following the Cork Week regatta.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency advises those who set to sea to always remember to: get trained; wear a lifejacket; avoid alcohol; take a method of communication with you; and check the weather and tides.

[SOURCE: http://nds.coi.gov.uk//content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&ReleaseID=414516&SubjectId=2]