Stranded yacht with two people onboard is rescued off Fylde Coast
Lytham and St Annes RNLI rescue teams were mobilised after picking up a distress call from a 30ft Colvic yacht off the coast at 1.45am this morning (Monday, August 17).
The team launched its ALB 'Barbara Anne' rescue boat to search for the stranded vessel, which was soon found lost at sea before being towed to Fleetwood Lifeboat Station at the mouth of the River Wyre.
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Hide AdRescue crews said the two people onboard had become unsure of their position after their steering gear failed overnight.
The RNLI team said they then sailed to Thursby, near Carlisle, to recover the ALB at 7.45am.
"Depending on where the tide is, it’s the nearest and easiest place to recover the ALB from when we’ve dropped at Fleetwood," explained the team.
It has been a tough weekend for RNLI volunteers who helped search for three missing youngsters in the sea off St Annes Pier on Saturday and Sunday.
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Hide AdOne boy, aged 15, managed to swim to shore before being taken to hospital for treatment. But tragically, the other two boys drowned at sea and their bodies were recovered by HM Coastguard and RNLI teams just after 3.15pm yesterday (August 16).
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