A group of kayakers who had been washed against the rocks in Talland Bay made it back to Looe as the lifeboat went to their aid.
Looe RNLI were called to reports of three kayakers in difficulties yesterday afternoon.
After launching the inshore lifeboat, crew members received a second call from the Coastguard at Falmouth with a more detailed description of the kayakers, and realised that they had passed the three close to Hannafore.
‘Our crew made their way back to find the kayakers, who were now on land at Hannafore,’ said a Looe RNLI spokesperson.
‘One of the crew went ashore to speak to the kayakers who confirmed they had come back from Talland, where they had been washed against rocks and one of the group had capsized. They had managed to self recover and make their way safely back to shore.’
Volunteer lifeboat helm Dave Jackman said: ‘From the shore it would look like the kayakers were in difficulty and the first informant did the right thing in dialing 999 to report the incident to the coastguard.’