Overview

• At around 1:35 pm on July 15, Weymouth RNLI lifeboats, HM Coastguard teams, a search helicopter and police were deployed to Portland Harbour after distress reports.
• Rescue crews recovered a man in his 70s who was pronounced dead at the jetty by an on-scene doctor following first aid treatment.
• A second windsurfer was located safe and transferred to the local ambulance service for further care.
• Witnesses and photographs indicate strong gusts may have driven the kite surfer into a moored yacht amid unusually high winds.
• Dorset Police have ruled the death non-suspicious and confirmed that the victim’s family has been informed.