Welcome to Cozy Cove

"A net in the propeller is just the thing for a spunky rescue boat.” ”Weren’t you supposed to welcome him?"

- Trawler and Smacky talking about the trap for Elias

Welcome to Cozy Cove (Norwegian: Velkommen til Lunvik) is the first episode of the first season and the first episode of Elias: The Little Rescue Boat altogether.

Plot
One noon in Cozy Cove, Crane opens up an overdue letter from the Rescue Center in Big Bay. One of their new rescue boats, Elias, was being sent to serve the area and the residents of the harbour have the job welcoming him accordingly.

Unfortunately, to their frustration, Elias was to arrive on the first Thursday of July, which was today. Upon his fish being unloaded, Trawler seemingly offers to decorate the fjord for Elias with Smacky’s fishing net.

With Crane waking him up, the concerned residents send the unwilling Smacky to check on what Trawler is actually doing. As he sees when Trawler explains about the new "spunky rescue boat", the big fishing boat is hiding the fishing net in the water for Elias’ propeller to get stuck in it.

Cruiser is the first to meet Elias as the rescue boat arrives in Cozy Cove. Upon Elias agreeing to a race, Cruiser smugly leaves him far behind. Cruiser speeds over Trawler's trap for Elias first, tearing the end of Smacky’s net off the branch, causing it to tighten up on Trawler and both boats get stuck on each other.

After towing the disgraced Trawler and the appalled Cruiser to Goliath’s shipyard, Elias finally meets the residents of Cozy Cove's harbour. Crane explains to him why there's no welcome party, but Elias forgives them, feels welcomed to Cozy Cove and goes to sleep as night comes.

Characters

 * Elias
 * Smacky
 * Trawler
 * Cruiser
 * Crane
 * Goliath
 * Fishmonger
 * The Red Houses
 * Small Blinky (cameo)

Locations

 * Cozy Cove
 * Fjord
 * Shipyard

Merchandise

 * Books - The Little Rescue Boat