Havant,Hampshire Thursday 16th June 2016 A group of Five tracksuit- clad lads have been rescued for a third time in three weeks after setting sail from Broadmarsh slipway this evening, they have been described as a “catastrophe waiting to happen” and have now been urged to “leave their boat home and get some training before someone really gets hurt”. The group still thought the whole rescue was a complete joke. The five inexperienced young sailors had to be rescued by an RNLI Lifeboat that was out on an excercise again today (Wednesday ) when their speedboat ran out of fuel. The grou
Havant,Hampshire Thursday 16th June 2016 A group of Five tracksuit- clad lads have been rescued for a third time in three weeks after setting sail from Broadmarsh slipway this evening, they have been described as a “catastrophe waiting to happen” and have now been urged to “leave their boat home and get some training before someone really gets hurt”. The group still thought the whole rescue was a complete joke. The five inexperienced young sailors had to be rescued by an RNLI Lifeboat that was out on an excercise again today (Wednesday ) when their speedboat ran out of fuel. The group of ill-equipped teenagers set out on their doomed adventure in their recent EBay purchase but drifted from Langstone Harbour to Hayling Island. It was by luck the group weren’t swept out to sea or into the busy shipping lanes that would have caused choas. It transpires that the vessel and crew had launched earlier in the evening and ran out of fuel while navigating down the harbour, leaving them completely adrift in the failing light. One of the intrepid explorers had the bright idea of getting fuel from a nearby petrol station and swam ashore. However, he forgot one vital piece of equipment – a can. The remaining crew members put out a distress call on the radio and having heard the confused calls of ‘Hello, hello’ the RNLI Portsmouth team, who were training on the water at the time, were able to respond. Pictures from Two Week ago when the groups boat’s end caught fire. The group of hapless youngsters are not strangers to boating disasters having had to call for help last weekend when the engine caught fire on the seafront on Lee on the Solent . A patrolling Coastguard rescue team from Hillhead gave the clueless clan advice that seem to have gone in one ear and out the other. Two weeks before that the group and the same boat’s engine caught fire near a slipway in Lee-On-Solent causing a Coastguard rescue team and the Gosport and Fareham L
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