August 14th 14:00 Puffin Island

The Coastguard reported that an small open boat was drifting close to Puffin Island with nobody on-board.  The lifeboat was launched toinvestigate.  The open boat was found by the lifeboat crew and towed to the beach at Penmon Point and handed over to the Coastguard shore patrol. It was thought that the boat had broken free from its mooring and may have been drifting for some time.