
Stranded fishing boat given assistance by the Llandudno inshore lifeboat
Llandudno's D Class Lifeboat Dr. Barbara Saunderson launched this afternoon to assist a fishing boat which had experienced mechanical difficulties approx. three nautical miles north of Rhos Point.
Helm on the inshore lifeboat, Bert Williams said: 'We train regularly with towing exercises, the conditions today were guite favourable in spite of a half metre swell, so we were able to quickly bring the boat to a safe anchorage.'
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