The yacht, which was en route to Brest, issued a distress call at about 4.40am to Cross Jobourg and the French Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, before coordination was transferred to Guernsey Coastguard, which established direct contact with the casualty vessel.
Due to the loss of all electrical power, the yacht was unable to sail, and the crew intended to seek shelter in St Peter Port. Three people were on board.
Contact with the vessel was lost in the following hours and the lifeboat was paged at 6.14am, with Channel Islands Air Search placed on standby.
Just less than 20 minutes later the lifeboat was launched. By 7.08 the casualty vessel was located and by 8.25am it had been safely escorted back to St Peter Port and handed over to marina staff.
‘The people on board were escorted to safety quickly thanks to the prompt response from the St Peter Port lifeboat, working alongside Guernsey and Jersey Coastguard in conjunction with Cross Jobourg.
'Channel Islands Air Search stood by ready to assist if required.
'This was an excellent example of multi agency cooperation ensuring the safety of those in distress,’ said duty SAR mission coordinator Simon Granger.
You need to be logged in to comment. If you had an account on our previous site, you can migrate your old account and comment profile to this site by visiting this page and entering the email address for your old account. We'll then send you an email with a link to follow to complete the process.