RNLI volunteers in Hartlepool called out to one of their shortest ever rescues

RNLI volunteers in Hartlepool were paged at 4.15pm on Thursday, May 13 by the Humber Coastguard to assist an eight-metre yacht that had suffered a mechanical failure.

The inshore lifeboat Solihul was launched just six minutes later and travelled to the channel opposite the Ferry Road boathouse.

Volunteers attached a tow line to the vessel, which had three people on board, and was taken to the nearby Kafiga Landings at the Headland where they were met by the Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team.

Inshore lifeboat helm, Ken Hay said that the distance was not important, the main goal was to ensure the safety of everyone onboard the strictken vessel.

He commented: “This was probably one of the shortest shouts in distance I have ever been involved with during my 21 years service with the RNLI but most importantly we returned the vessel and its occupants safely to a berth at Kafiga Landings.”

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