False alarm with good intent

The National Coastwatch observers at Froward Point notified the Coastguard that they had observed a Laser dinghy that had capsized off Newfoundland Cove and that there was a person in the water. The inshore lifeboat reached the scene twelve minutes after the initial pager alert and found that South Devon Technical College were carrying out capsize drill and had a RIB in attendance. Unfortunately they had not informed the Coastguard of their intentions.