Man Evacuated from Stackpole Head Area.

During the evening of 17th August, a 65 year old Monkstone man, following a days fishing near Stackpole Head complained of feeling unwell on his walk back and collapsed on the coast path near Sandy Pit.

The Coastguard rescue Teams from St. Govans and Castlemartin attended the scene with a paramedic from the Ambulance Brigade. Because of the man's state of health the Rescue Helicopter from RAF Chivenor was called to airlift the casualty to Withybush Hospital where he is receiving treatment.

Kayakers in Trouble off St Davids Head.
A Call to the Coastguards stating some windsurfers were having problems off St. Davids Head at 2.30pm 16th August sent the St. Davids RNLI All Weather and Inshore Lifeboats racing to their assistance, with the St. Davids Coastguard Rescue Team going to The head itself. On arrival at the scene the lifeboats found that the windsurfers were in fact 4, local, kayakers rafted together on an exercise. The kayakers had been caught by the rip current and thrown into the water. Two of the kayakers were picked up by the vessel ‘Shearwater’ and two managed to swim to the shore. The kayaks and occupants were safely put ashore on Whitesands Beach where they were spoken to by the Coastguard. Although cold and wet, none required medical attention.

New Quay Lifeboat tows Yacht back to Aberystwyth.
At Approx 6pm on 15th August following a call to the Coastguard at Milford Haven Operations Room the New Quay RNLI All Weather Lifeboat was launched to the assistance of the Bermudan Sloop ‘Caridwen’ with 2 People, from Camaes Machynlleth, aboard after they reported their rudder out of action some 12 miles off Aberystwyth. The Lifeboat towed the yacht back to Aberystwyth.

Another Family Rescued off Unsuitable Craft.
Following a report from the Lifeguards on Saundersfoot Beach during the afternoon of 14th August, The Tenby RNLI Inshore Lifeboat was launched and Tenby Coastguard Rescue Team alerted to a small boat about 1 mile off shore containing 2 adults and two children. The craft a 10ft Intex 4 Excursion inflatable with a small outboard engine attached was completely unsuitable to being so far off land and with that amount of people aboard. The Lifeboat located the small vessel and escorted it back to Saundersfoot Beach where the occupants were met by the Coastguard. Although the two adults and the 11 year and 10 year old children were wearing floatation aids the vessel had no other emergency equipment aboard and only a mobile phone for communication (if a signal was available and that far off shore it would have been very unlikely). The family from Carmarthen were given words of advice regarding their choice of craft and emergency equipment.

Police Helicopter evacuates man from Telpyn Point Tenby.
Tenby Coastguard Rescue Team, incorporating Manorbier team, went to the aid of a 54 year old Leamington Spa man during the morning of 14th august after he had slipped on rocks on Telpyn Point and dislocated his shoulder. The Ambulance Control dispatched the air Ambulance to his assistance but it could not attend. Because of the injured man’s location the Dyfed Powys Police Helicopter offered its services and once guided down to a safe landing site by the coastguard the man was soon aboard and being whisked off to Withybush Hospital for treatment.