Port St Mary RNLI assists fishing boat with three onboard
At 5.55pm on Wednesday (23 January) the RNLI all-weather lifeboat Gough Ritchie 2 from Port St Mary was called out after being paged by Belfast Coastguard . A 14m fishing boat had experienced steering problems 10 miles south-east of Port St Mary.
Just before 7pm, the lifeboat reached the boat in calm conditions on what was a clear night.
The lifeboat crew of six volunteers worked with the fishermen to attach a line to the boat and successfully tow it back to Port St Mary arriving just before 9pm.
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