Sunday 18 October 2015

Kayaker airlifted from Peveril Point.

The Coastguard team had been water rescue training this morning and were just washing the equipment when a call from the NMOC tasking them to Peveril Point.

A report had been taken from the volunteers in the NCI lookout at Peveril Point of a kayaker suffering a medical episode in Durlston Bay. NCI immediately contacted the Coastguard who paged the Swanage ILB crew and scrambled Coastguard Rescue 106 from Portland.

The Swanage Coastguard team were tasked both to the scene and also to set up a landing site at Peveril Point.

Coastguard Rescue 106 landed at Peveril Point whilst the crew of the Swanage RNLI ILB brought the male around to their slipway. Having been assessed by the helicopter paramedic the male was transferred to the landing site and to the waiting helicopter.

Coastguard Rescue 106 then flew the male to Poole where they were met by the Poole Coastguard team.

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