Boat Insurance News: Rescue operation for toy boat
Posted on April 23rd 2009
An Australian couple had a close shave on Saturday when they were rescued from being swept out to the Bristol Channel by the tide. The couple where spotted drifting out to sea by two sharp eyed people, who alerted the coastguard. The stranded couple who were franticly trying to paddle there way to shore on there 6ft inflatable where rescued by the rescue team at 4.20pm.
The couple, who are on holiday from Perth, Australia, had borrowed the small rubber boat to go fishing but unfortunately they where unaware of the fast and strong tides and had no hope against them in the small inflatable.
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