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Richard Woodmansey, who served as a lifeboat crew for 28 years before taking on other roles within the team, has retired

He has been present at a number of big name rescues over the years, including Ben Asdale hitting the rocks, and helping save the Galina in 2005.

The first callouts of the year for both Falmouth lifeboats occurred yesterday (Jan 1) when they launched on service to separate incidents.

The All weather lifeboat was called out to a broken down yacht A YACHT which had undergone a long renovation suffered engine failure on its first voyage and had to be rescued by Falmouth lifeboat. The yacht with two people on board had been on passage from Exmouth to its new home in the Helford on Sunday when it suffered engine failure due to a fuel problem which had proved impossible to rectify in the prevailing moderate swell. Having drifted closer to the shore in Gerrans Bay the skipper was concerned about sailing clear of the lee shore so dropped the yacht's anchor and contacted the...

A ferry that found itself broken down and adrift ended up being rescued by both of Falmouth's lifeboats. The Inshore Lifeboat was already on the river attending another incident when they were informed, just after midday on Sunday, that a local ferry had issued a Pan broadcast. The Flushing Ferry was reporting that its engine had failed and it was adrift, with one person onboard off Falmouth's Prince of Wales Pier. The Inshore Lifeboat arrived on scene at 12.05pm and found that the ten-metre ferry had initially dropped its anchor, but this had dragged so the skipper had then managed t...