Yacht towed to safety by Hartlepool RNLI
Hartlepool RNLI volunteers were paged at 5.40am on 27th September by Humber Coastguard to assist a 31ft yacht that had suffered mechanical failure.
The all weather lifeboat ‘Betty Huntbatch’ and volunteer crew launched at 5.50am to assist the casualty vessel with two people on board that was approximately two miles off the Headland at Hartlepool.
The vessel was taken under tow at 6.20am to Hartlepool Marina arriving their at 6.50am where it was met by the local Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team team who were waiting to assist with mooring the boat.
Hartlepool RNLI Coxswain Robbie Maiden said ‘Conditions were rapidly deteriorating with winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour as we arrived on scene so great team work from the crew meant we quickly attached a tow and brought the boat and it’s two crew safely back to Hartlepool Marina’.
The all weather lifeboat returned to the Ferry Road lifeboat station at 7.20am and was refuelled and made ready for service by 7.35am allowing the volunteer crew to return home or go straight to work.
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