The volunteer crew of the St Ives RNLI inshore lifeboat launched at 11:10am this morning (Wednesday 18 April) to rescue two surfers and a third person who had got into serious difficulty in rough conditions off Porthminster Point

The teenage surfers were spotted by a passer by on the shore who dialled 999 to report that there were people in difficulty in the sea off Porthminster.

The St Ives RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched at 11:10 with Station Mechanic/2nd Coxswain Robert Cocking at the helm, and crewed by Barney Stevens and Paul LeBas...

Visitors aboard the Seahorse enjoying a cruise to see the seals on Saturday afternoon, had some extra excitement when the skipper was forced to call the St Ives RNLI lifeboats when he found the steering had failed.

The skipper of the Seahorse was on a routine cruise taking visitors to St Ives and locals to see the seals at The Carracks or ‘Seal Island’ approximately three miles west of St Ives, when on reaching Seal Island he suddenly found the boat was without steering...

The fund raising team at The St Ives Lifeboat Station Ladies Guild held an auction at The Lifeboat Inn on Saturday 15th October, to raise money to help fund the purchase of new lifejackets for the St Ives Lifeboat crews - a part of a project to replace all RNLI lifejackets in coming months.

Organised by Suzanne Tanner from the Guild, a huge number of prizes were donated by businesses in and around St Ives, which were then raffled and auctioned by St Ives estate agent Paul LeBas...

St Ives will be one of the first lifeboat stations in the country to receive an innovative new class of RNLI lifeboat, the Shannon.

The new £1...

The St Ives lifeboat, The Princess Royal was called out yesterday (Thursday 10th February) to assist a Survey Vessel which was in difficulty. The 80ft vessel James Edgar was making her way to Penzance with 3 three people on board, when she suffered engine failure 10 miles North of Pendeen...