Cowes Week press boat stranded

By Martin Neville

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

 

Cowes Week press boat stranded

The Cowes Week committee boat arrives to tow the stranded press boat back to port.

PRESS covering this year's Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week became the story this afternoon (Tuesday) when they had to be rescued.

A press boat with 13 people on board, including Isle of Wight County Press photographer Jennifer Burton, became stranded in The Solent near the Beaulieu River, after fouling its propeller.

The boat was towed back into harbour by the lifeboat and divers will be called in to free the propeller.

Reporter:martinn@iwcpmail.co.uk

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