Preston woman's sea horror after falling overboard whilst sailing yacht alone at night
Luckily, she was equipped with a lifejacket and a Personal Locator Beacon , which she was able to activate to alert rescue teams to her location.
HM Coastguard immediately put out a MAYDAY broadcast to all vessels in the area and a rig supply ship made its way to where she was found floating alone in the darkness. The crew spotted her flashing a distress light from two nautical miles away and were able to rescue her within an hour of her going overboard.
She was then passed into the care of Fleetwood’s RNLI team and was taken ashore by lifeboat to be checked over by North West Ambulance Service.The search and rescue helicopter from Caernarfon in North Wales was also sent to help with the search and managed to locate her yacht as it continued to sail towards the Lancashire coast.
“The PLB sent an electronic distress signal to the Coastguard, with her exact position. Otherwise she had no way of raising an alert and calling for help.
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