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A stroke off the Isles of Scilly: How a medical emergency left this skipper's wife "hanging from a wire in a near gale"

Chris and Veronica Mardon were at anchor in the Isles of Scilly when Veronica suffered a stroke. A timely response and extraction by the RNLI stopped a precarious situation from precipitating further. Illustration by Claudio MyattEarly July 2025 found my wife, Veronica, and I sailing in our Dufour 40, Spook from Falmouth in Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly, blissfully unaware of the dramatic rescue we were soon to be involved in. The small archip…
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Practical Boat Owner broke the news on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
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