In good old Bank Holiday fashion we were paged just before lunch today. The casualty was a French yacht at anchor in Swanage bay who had put out a Pan-Pan call. Unfortunately, though the Coastguard could talk to them, there was a problem with interpretation so no one was quite sure what the problem was! We decided to send the ILB and they were soon alongside and attending to what turned out to be a mechanical problem not really warranting a Pan-Pan.
The family and I had been just about to go on a trip out on the bikes so we cycled down to the boathouse instead. It is Eve's turn to have Brandy the bear to stay for the weekend so he got to join in our adventures!
The ILB was soon away with Steve, Gav and John Deas onboard.
Not the furthest shout we've ever conducted.......
Meanwhile back at the boathouse there was bit of a carnival feel in the air, lots of chatting, laughing and smiling.
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Wikipedia tells me that the 'Pan' radio codeword is derived from 'panne', the French word for breakdown. That might explain it.
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