Shortest shout for Hartlepool RNLI volunteers
Hartlepool RNLI volunteers were paged at 4.15pm on Thursday 13th May 2021 by Humber Coastguard to assist an 8 metre yacht that had suffered mechanical failure in the channel opposite the Ferry Road boathouse and was being held alongside a walkway gantry.
Inshore lifeboat helm Ken Hay said 'This was probably one of the shortest shouts in distance I have ever been involved with during my 21 years service with the RNLI but most importantly we returned the vessel and its occupants safely to a berth at Kafiga Landings'.
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