PERRANUTHNOE is a small village on the South Coast of Cornwall, just East of Marazion, there is a Car Park and sloping access to a safe sandy beach and the beachside Cabin Cafe. It has The Victoria Inn a superb multi award winning pub, which serves super food both lunchtimes & evenings, - a Church dating back as far as 1160. The Lynfield Centre which houses The Cowhouse Gallery, The Peppercorn Cafe and a hairdressers.

Monday, 3 February 2014

French Fishermen rescued off the North Coast of Cornwall

I took this photo of the French fishing vessel Le Sillon leaving Newlyn on 29th January
There she lies now after losing steering &  power during the attrocious weather on Saturday night
The fishermen were forced to abandon ship one at a time into heaving seas – to be winched aboard the search-and-rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose – after it was deemed too dangerous to lift them off the deck.
The boat, Le Sillon, had been hit by a series of large waves and began drifting on Saturday afternoon, some five miles off Trevose Head, after losing power and steering.
With winds gusting up to 60mph, five of the crew were plucked from the water by the Royal Navy helicopter while the other was recovered by Padstow’s all-weather lifeboat. There are no reported injuries.
Posted by Perranlady at 10:04

2 comments:

  1. Bobbster3 February 2014 at 10:51

    Hi Sue, amazing what the sea can do. The captain of the boat sustained cuts/lacerations when a huge wave smashed the wheelhouse windows and disabled the ship

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  2. Perranlady3 February 2014 at 11:12

    Hi Bob, hope the shoulder is healing well !
    Read somewhere that NOAA reported a "rogue wave" of 60ft in that area - amazed that the Frenchies are still out in these attrocious conditions - with more to come ! Sue

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