It was a busy day for Falmouth's lifeboat volunteers when a callout was closely followed by a second emergency for two off-duty crew members.

The crew of the inshore lifeboat was launched just before 6pm on Thursday, when a call came in to help a RIB in trouble in Falmouth Bay.

It had had broken down with two people onboard and they had called for help.

The lifeboat crew headed towards St Anthony Lighthouse before searching sea-wards into Falmouth Bay.

Once found, a tow-line was passed to the boat and the lifeboat towed it into the inner harbour to be safely moored.

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It was not long afterwards that two off-duty lifeboat crew found themselves involved in a second emergency of the evening.

They were nearby and able to help Falmouth Coastguard Rescue Service when a woman began suffering chest pains at Port Pendennis Marina just after 9pm.

The coastguards had been called to help South Western Ambulance Service and together they provided casualty care and monitored the lady who was onboard a boat.

She was then helped from her boat when the ambulance arrived and taken to hospital for further treatment.

Yesterday the Packet reported how a Flushing boatyard has launched a new rescue service that's already proving popular - and could save the RNLI up to 20 per cent of its callouts.

Falmouth Boat Co's 'respond and assist' service helps boat owners who have problems with their boats, but who are not in danger.

Members of the boatyard's staff aim to get to troubled vessels in a highly equipped rigid-inflatable boat in less than an hour from the initial call.

In the past ten days alone, the team have had eight call-outs.