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Lifeboat assisted fishing boat
The fishing vessel 'Eléonore', with two crew members on board, received assistance off the coast of the Cotentin Peninsula on Sep 10, 2026, at around midday after it requested assistance from CROSS Jobourg. Having departed from the port of Grandcamp-Maisy (Calvados) during the night, the vessel had suffered an engine failure on its return voyage after hauling in its whelk pots and was unable to maneuver approximately 15 nautical mile off the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. The 'Président Jules Pinteaux-SNS 210' from the Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue SNSM station was dispatched to the scene and passed a towline to the fishing vessel. After more than two hours of towing, the vessel was anchored off the port of Grandcamp. The fishermen were embarked on the lifeboat's tender and dropped off at the port of Grandcamp-Maisy. They were due to return in the evening with a mechanic to carry out repairs. Report with photo: https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/faits-divers/avarie-de-motorisation-un-bateau-de-peche-de-grandcamp-maisy-assiste-au-large-du-cotentin-b4f50b3c-ad2c-11f1-aebe-798b757137d7
Motor yacht towed to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
On Sep 3, 2024, at around 10 a.m. the French 12-m-motor yacht 'Sirius' suffered an engine failure off the coast of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (Manche) with three people on board. The boaters requested assistance from the CrOSS Jobourg approximately 2.5 nautical miles (northeast of the coast of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. The boat was adrift but without risk, as there was no wind. The 'SNS 210-Président Jules Pinteaux' of the SNSM station in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue was deployed to assist and established a towing connection to the 'Sirius', which had left the marina of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue some time earlier. The boat was safely pulled to the marina pontoon where it was docked. Report with photo: https://saint-lo.maville.com/actu/actudet_-un-petit-yacht-assiste-au-large-de-saint-vaast-la-hougue-_dep-6444101_actu.Htm
Sailing yacht towed to safety
The SNSM was asked to assist the 7-m-sailing yacht 'Caracole' with engine failure with three people on board, off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in the evening of April 20, 2023. At around 8:30 p.m. the CROSS Jobourg was alerted after the yacht, en route from the port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin to the port of Dives-sur-Mer broke down about 2.5 miles east of the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. The 'President Jules Pinteaux-SNS 210' from the SNSM station of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue first save the crew and then took the sailboat in tow. At around 9:30 p.m., the boat was safely docked at a pontoon in the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
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