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St Ives Lifeboats Rescue House Boat in Trouble
The St Ives Lifeboats were called on Sunday Afternoon to rescue a house boat with 4 people on board, trying to make their way to Gweek after leaving Hayle Harbour.
 The owner of the boat Maid Of The Mist had left Hayle Harbour on Sunday 21 st October, after the boat had been used as a residence in Hayle harbour for many years, with the intention of moving the boat around the coast to Gweek. However they got into trouble as they approached the Gurnard's Head after experiencing gear box problems, and then finding that the small emergency outboard was not sufficient to move the vessel safely.
The St Ives All Weather Lifeboat The Princess Royal was launched shortly before 2:00 pm with Second Coxswain Paul Whiston in charge, and made it's way quickly to the stricken vessel. After putting three crew from the Lifeboat on the Maid of the Mist and taking the 4 people from the Maid of the Mist back to the Lifeboat, the Lifeboat crew had a number of problems finding a suitable place to safely attach the tow to on the Maid of the Mist before the vessel was finally taken under tow to return to St Ives.
However after setting off for the return journey the Lifeboat crew on the Maid of the Mist reported that she was taking on water, and a pump from the Lifeboat had to be put aboard the casualty vessel to stop her sinking. With the pump only just coping with the inflow of water there were concerns that casualty vessel was likely to sink, and so the Inshore Lifeboat was also launched, with crewman Robert Cocking at the helm, to stand by the Maid of the Mist for the remainder of the journey.
Eventually the Lifeboat did manage to get the Maid of the Mist to the safety of St Ives harbour at around 4:30 pm, where the boat was moored to the wall of Smeaton's Pier.
St Ives Lifeboat Press Officer Derek Hall
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