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The lifeboat launched on service at 5.45pm on 2nd August to go to the assistance of a becalmed yacht in a position estimated to be approximately 6 nautical miles south-south west of Lizard Point. No other vessel in the area was able to offer assistance. The 8-meter yacht with 2 people on board was becalmed and carrying no spare fuel. Upon arrival a tow rope was attached and the lifeboat began the tow in to Falmouth. RNLB Rose arrived back at Kilcobben Cove for re-housing at 10.22pm.
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a charity registered in England and Wales (209603), Scotland (SC037736), the Republic of Ireland (20003326), the Bailiwick of Jersey (14), the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and Alderney
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea.