Ashore inshore lifeboat Flash floods hit St Ives in mid- November when the Stennack River burst its banks in heavy rain. Six St Ives lifeboatmen were asked by police to search buildings for stranded occupants in the middle of the night. The inshore lifeboat launched in the High Street and met a torrent of water and bits of floating debris.

Wading up to their necks m water, pulling the boat along, the crew rescued people from the first floor windows of a bakery and from a local pub. An off duty crew member listening to the radio overheard the lifeboat tell the Coastguard its position; 'Just pulling alongside the Three Ferrets,' - a 'shout' he was sorry to have missed..