Select a region
A yacht with just one man on board has been helped by the Channel Islands Air Search team after it suffered an electrical fault.
The CIAS crew helped track down the vessel, which was found 10 miles south west from Jersey’s coast, last night.
To make matters worse for the one man on board, the electrical fault had left him with no other means of communication available besides their mobile phone.
Pictured: The yacht was found 10 miles south west of Jersey's harbour.
After the ‘Lions’ Pride’ located the boat, it stayed airborne and circled the spot whilst awaiting assistance from the RNLI in Jersey, whose crew swiftly towed the sailing boat back to harbour.
The entire operation took three hours from the Air Search crew leaving Guernsey, locating the vessel and returning safely home.
In a Facebook post, the Channel Islands Air Search posted their thanks to “the teams at Guernsey Airport, Jersey Coastguard and the RNLI, and to Tracy for dropping off croissants and orange juice for the crew on their return.”
Comments
Comments on this story express the views of the commentator only, not Bailiwick Publishing. We are unable to guarantee the accuracy of any of those comments.