Three sailors whose flares were seen off the coast of Pembrokeshire on 5 September were very glad that vigilant onlookers called the Coastguard.

Their boat had capsized, and Fishguard’s inshore lifeboat, battling force 5–6 winds and challenging seas, found two men clinging to the 5m vessel, while a third had decided to swim for it. The volunteers had soon got all three out of the water and onboard the Fishguard all-weather lifeboat, which brought them ashore to paramedics, before heading back out to tow in the practically submerged sailboat. The sailors made a quick recovery.