At the end of our return trip “Premiere Knight” responded to a Pan-Pan from “Tregatreath” (via Brixham CG) a brand new 23ft traditional looking design which was disabled with a fouled prop in Lyme Bay some 13 miles from Brixham. In the dark with only about 200m visibility it was lucky we had radar on board allowing us to find them quickly and tow them safely into Brixham.

An exhausted but grateful crew brought us a half bottle of rum which somehow disappeared happily during our après-sail.