Among the new lifeboats that were in action (listed in Launches, left) over the Autumn and Winter was Newquay’s D class lifeboat, Enid Mary. Her crew faced a tricky rescue in the surf when a group of students were cut off by the tide ...

NEWQUAY | 22 NOVEMBER
A leisurely stroll turned into a dramatic rescue for three university students after they found themselves cut off by the tide at Whipsiderry. One student was soaked through, having taken a tumble. Newquay’s lifeboat volunteers landed their D class on a small patch of shale 50m away from the trio. Volunteer Crew Members Tim Stokes and Duncan Wallace scrambled across the rocks to assist them back to the lifeboat. Then the station’s B class Atlantic 85 lifeboat took them back to Newquay Harbour.