Hartlepool RNLI recover boat from rocks
Hartlepool Rnli volunteers were paged on Saturday 9th September at 5.14pm to assist an 8 metre cruiser with three people aboard that had suffered mechanical failure and ran aground on Longscar Rocks at Seaton Carew.
Hartlepool RNLI inshore lifeboat helm Matt Adams said "On what could have been a potentially difficult and dangerous service, good work from my crew meant that we were able to remove the boat from the rocks safely and quickly as the tide was falling and then take it under tow to Hartlepool Marina".
A Hartlepool Coastguard team were waiting at the Marina to help deal with the casualty vessel.
The inshore lifeboat returned to the Ferry Road lifeboat station at 6.10pm and was refuelled and made ready for service by 6.30pm.
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