Yacht in Trouble off La Herradura

LHR The Bay OnLThe Guardia Civil came to the rescue of a yacht with engine trouble and adrift off La Herradura. On board were six people.

The skipper had phoned the Servicio Marítimo of the Motril-Port-based Guardia civil, requesting assistance around 21.00h last night. The engine had broken down about one nautical mile off the bay and the yacht was adrift with no way of getting back to the port.

It was around 22.00h that the patrol boat located the 5.96-metre-long yacht. They transferred the six people into the patrol boat and after attaching a line, towed the craft to the Marina del Este.

So far this year the Guardia Civil based in Motril have carried out 19 maritime-rescue operations, 13 of which have been craft carrying illegal immigrants and the other six, leisure craft.

(News: Herradura, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)

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