Wind farm boat towed to safety by Hoylake RNLI lifeboat after mechanical failure
(WorldNews Europe)

The Hoylake RNLI lifeboat was requested to launch by the UK Coastguard at 8.26pm on Monday 16 September after a wind farm crew transfer boat with seven people on board suffered mechanical difficulties and was drifting in the Burbo Wind Farm. The casualty vessel, a 21m water jet-powered catamaran, had lost propulsion just north of the Burbo Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay after a rope had fouled its jet drives. The 59 tonne catamaran was making slow progress into the Mersey with reduced power after earlier attempts by another vessel to establish a...