At 7:45pm yesterday evening (18th May 2026) Guernsey Coastguard were alerted to a broken down motor vessel located to the north-east of Platte Fougere Lighthouse with three persons on board.

At approximately 8:00pm, the St Peter Port, relief, all-weather lifeboat (ALB) launched at the request of the Coastguard to provide assistance to the broken down craft. The lifeboat arrived on scene at 8:14pm however, by this time, the vessel had successfully managed to
restart its engine.

As a precautionary measure, the lifeboat escorted the vessel safely back to St Sampsons Marina arriving there at 9:10pm without further incident.

The RNLI lifeboat subsequently stood down and returned to station at 9:20pm.

All persons on board were reported safe and well throughout the incident.

Guernsey Coastguard would like to remind mariners to ensure their vessels are well maintained and checked prior to proceeding to sea.