FV JACOMINA

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Reckless fisherman prosecuted for sailing unsafe ship

A reckless fisherman who sailed the "Jacomina" to Holland and sold it - after it had been detained for being unsafe - has been given a six-month suspended sentence and ordered to pay £38,000 on Apr 21, 2017. Stephen Trust, director of Trust Trawlers Ltd, of Brixham, has been prosecuted by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) for operating the fishing vessel in an unsafe manner and sailing in contravention of a detention notice. Trust's actions displayed a blatant disregard for safety laws and potentially put lives at risk.

Disabled trawler towed to Falmouth

RNLI volunteers from Falmouth worked late into the night to rescue the "Jacomina" after its propeller became fouled 17 miles out into the English Channel on July 31, 2015. The all weather lifeboat launched at around 8.45 p.m. to help the five crew members from Brixham, after the ship had run into trouble in shipping lanes south east of Falmouth. The vessel had been recovering its gear when a discarded trawl which had been brought up on the scallop dredge was drawn into the engine and stopped the propeller, damaging the gearbox. When the lifeboat arrived, a tow line was passed to the vessel, and the crew began the tow back to Falmouth passing St Anthony lighthouse around 1 a.m., when the tow was shortened up, reaching Governor Buoy 15 minutes later, where the tow was dropped and the lifeboat was secured alongside the §Jacomina§. The lifeboat then manoeuvred the trawler into a berth at Fal Fish in Falmouth Docks, where it was safely secured, and arrangements were made for divers to help freeing the propeller, allowing the boat to leave Falmouth and head back towards Brixham by early afternoon. Report with photo: http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/13525869.Falmouth_RNLI_rescues_fishing_vessel_from_Channel_shipping_lanes/