Llandudno RNLI tasked to assist fisherman in need of help
Holyhead Coastguard alerted the Llandudno Lifeboat at 8.21pm on Monday 19 July requesting them to launch and proceed to a location approximately two nautical miles off the Little Orme for a fisherman reported to be in need of assistance.
Llandudno’s RNLI inshore lifeboat Dr Barbara Saunderson made way as quickly as possible to the location and discovered the fisherman in a small boat had suffered a mechanical failure and was drifting offshore.
At the scene, the RNLI helm made the decision to transfer the fisherman to the inshore lifeboat as he had sustained a minor injury, he also assessed that a tow was necessary and therefore the small boat and the casualty were returned to the safety of Rhos on Sea Harbour.
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