Port Talbot RNLI lifeboat tasked to broken down eessel

The lifeboat was soon on scene and found the 5.5 metre speedboat at anchor with two adults and one child on board. A fault with the electrics had rendered the vessel unable to start its engine.

Conditions were perfect and a tow was soon established. The vessel was then towed to the local boat club in the River Afan where the people on board were landed at the slipway and the boat recovered onto its trailer.

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For more information contact Mel Cooper, Port Talbot Lifeboat Press Officer on 07814 985057.

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