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Cabin cruiser rescued in fading light

10:50am Monday 6th September 2010 in


THE light was fading fast when Southend’s inshore D class lifeboat was called out to rescue a cabin cruiser Friday evening.

After losing all power it was drifiting out to sea and away from Shoebury Common but nobody was injured.

The lifeboat crew discovered the outboard motor, its only source of power, had fallen off and sunk and they towed the boat back to the old council loading jetty.

Comments(5)

nitecard says...
11:15am Mon 6 Sep 10

er...... anchor???

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NickS says...
1:37pm Mon 6 Sep 10

More to the point it was towed to the old council loading jetty...

It was demolished years ago.

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Aint it just the truth says...
3:04pm Mon 6 Sep 10

As usual it's another chavvy motor boat owner who calls for help when they really shouldn't be out there in the first place. When will the RNLI start charging these ignorant motor boaters for their rescue.

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nitecard says...
4:48pm Mon 6 Sep 10

I always tie a line from the outboard onto the tender when I use it, basic common sense.

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Mark D says...
7:31pm Mon 6 Sep 10

Maybe they threw the outboard out deliberately, believing it to be the anchor?

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