Many thanks to Mike May and Blake Shaw for their articles in my absence. After the hectic week of the Scorpions visit, club activities have returned to normal, with Redwing sailors enjoying success at Angle Regatta.

          Two Redwing helms, Rolly Squibbs and Dave Bowen, accompanied by their crews, Nigel Smith and Helen Williams, respectively, travelled to Angle to take part in this regatta.

          Rolly Squibbs enjoyed three firsts in three races, no mean achievement considering the wide and experienced field from afar and wide. Dave Bowen was also delighted by his overall third position and is still celebrating. Rolly was pushed all the way by Dave in the first race, which also delighted Dave.

          The club congratulates both sets of helms and crews for their outstanding achievement.

          Racing as normal this weekend given some wind. The same applies to the Wednesday sailing, which will he followed by the usual mouth-watering BBQ.

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          Tragedy struck the South Pembrokeshire coast for the second time in a week on Tuesday evening when the body of a swimmer was recovered from the sea off Tenby's North Beach

          Thirty-nine-year-old local man David Thomas was spotted in the water near Goscar Rock by a member of the public at approximately 8 pm.

          He was recovered by the resort's inshore lifeboat and taken to the Mayor's Slip where resuscitation attempts were made by members of the I.L.B. crew and the ambulance service, before he was flown by a Royal Naval Sea King helicopter to Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest, where efforts to revive Mr. Thomas continued.

          Sadly, despite all attempts, Mr. Thomas, the son of well- known retired Tenby teacher, Mr. Owen (Tot) Thomas, died a short while later.

          "The circumstances of this incident are being thoroughly investigated, however foul play is not suspected," commented Inspector Les Clark at the town's police station.

          H.M. Coroner has been informed.

          Mr. Thomas's death comes just days after an Essex man tragically died after falling whilst climbing at a popular and well-known cliff face at St. Govan's Head.

          Thirty-nine-year-old Marvin Royce, of Chelmsford, was seen to fall from the top of St. Govan's Head to the foot of the cliffs, a drop of about 120 feet shortly after 12.30 pm on Saturday.

          Mr. Royce, who was with a group of climbers, sustained severe injuries in the accident and was airlifted to Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest, by the air ambulance, but was pronounced dead on arrival.

          The two tragedies have come during one of the busiest times for the emergency service rescue teams.

          With Pembrokeshire basking in glorious weather, large crowds of people have been attracted to the county's beaches to soak up the summer sunshine which has sparked a number of incidents around the coast.

          Already having attended 12 call-outs in the first few days of August, action continued last Thursday evening for the Tenby coastguard unit who were summoned to Saundersfoot to assist paramedics after a teenage boy fell from the sea wall.

          The incident occurred shortly after 5 pm and the l4-year-old was treated for a cut knee before being released.

          A short while later, a jet skier was reported to be in difficulties off Pendine's Morfa Buchan.

          A member of the public raised the alarm at approximately 8.40 pm, but whilst en route, the coastguard unit and Tenby's inshore lifeboat crew were told that the informant had telephoned Milford coastguard again, stating that the skier was underway again and heading towards Pendine.

          Both units carried on to the scene and checked out the area, but could not find anyone in trouble.

          The following day, an eight-year-old boy was taken to Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest, after falling backwards eight to ten feet onto rocks whilst climbing near Glen Beach.

          The child, who was from Swindon and staying in Saundersfoot, sustained a head injury and lacerations to his body in the accident which occurred at approximately 11.30 am.

          Paramedics and coastguards were in attendance and the boy was kept in hospital overnight. Two teenage boys, meanwhile, were given a sea safety briefing later on Friday after they drifted out to sea off Pendine in an inflatable dinghy.

          Another person was reported to be assisting the pair, by a member of the public, who dialled 999 at approximately 1.45 pm.

          Tenby coastguards and the inshore lifeboat crew responded to the shout and on arrival carried out a search into reports that both dinghies were safely ashore.

          The casualties, who were aged 14 and 15 and from Aberdare and Bridgend, were duly traced and spoken to by the coastguards and warned of the dangers of the sea.

          On Sunday, Tenby's inshore lifeboat was launched at 10.30 c am to search for a broken down l7-foot vessel with two people on board off Tenby.

          The coastguard team were also paged to a vantage point to scan the area using binoculars to locate the vessel, but after both units failed to pinpoint the position of the boat called the 'Gemma Lee', the resort's all-weather lifeboat, the RFA Sir Galahad was launched to expand the hunt.

          Eventually, the vessel, which had suffered engine failure and had initially wrongly reported its position, was located two miles off Tenby and towed back to the Harbour.

          Three hours later, a member of the public raised the alarm after seeing an inflatable blowing off the shore at Pendine.

          The lady informant had seen a mother and child up to their waists in the water at approximately 1.30 pm.

          She had then got changed and when she looked back five minutes later saw a dinghy cartwheeling across the water and a child in the sea, who was picked up by a jet-skier, but no mother.

          After searching the area for the mother for two hours, coastguards and the inshore lifeboat crew, who also summoned a rescue helicopter from RAF Chivenor, discovered that the mother and child had been seen to leave the area safely, and the l3-year-old rescued from the water, had tipped out of an inflatable in an unrelated incident.

          On their return to station, the coastguard unit gave a demonstration of their rescue skills at the Summer Spectacular organised by Tenby Round Table at the town's Harbour.

          There was still no let up the emergency rescue crews after the weekend, however, as on Monday they returned to Pendine after four independent reports that a dinghy with persons in it was being blown out to sea.

          Tenby lifeboat, the inshore craft and coastguards were directed to the scene at 3.30 pm, together with a helicopter from RAF Chivenor which was also tasked.

          The teams spent several hours combing the area for the dinghy, during which time a number of dinghies were recovered from the water, but failed to locate anyone in difficulty.

          At 7.25 pm, the coastguards were in action again after a call - believed to be a malicious hoax - was made stating that a 10-year-old girl had been brought ashore after nearly drowning off Tenby's South Beach near the entrance to Kiln Park.

          After a full search, the team failed to locate the casualty or anyone in distress.

          The following morning, the team were called back to the South Beach after a four-year-old boy was reported missing shortly after 11.30 am. He was subsequently found safe and well and reunited with his family, but before the coastguards could leave the scene, they helped locate another child who had disappeared after last being seen with his sister at the water's edge.

          "The August period so far has been one of the busiest times we have experienced in a long time, especially in the Tenby area," H.M. Coastguard sector manager, Dave Miller, told the Observer this week.

          "The glorious summer weather has no doubt been a contributing factor to the increase in incidents," he continued.

          "So far this month we have had 29 shouts and undoubtedly, with the fine weather continuing, we are anticipating further calls, especially as we go towards the spring tides."