Isle of Wight County Press Online

Motor yacht towed to safety

By Martin Neville

Friday, March 12, 2010

 

A CRIPPLED motor-cruiser in danger of drifting into a shipping lane at the entrance of Southampton Water was towed to safety by Cowes RNLI Lifeboat yesterday (Thursday).

The motor-cruiser, a 32-foot Grand Banks class Jumba II with four people on board, had lost engine power off Bramble Bank.

Helmed by Simon Hawkins, the lifeboat towed the boat, which came from the River Itchen, Southampton, to Cowes.

It was the second time in two days that Cowes Lifeboat's volunteers had had to tow a motor-cruiser in trouble in The Solent.

Reporter: martinn@iwcpmail.co.uk

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