Lone paddler rescued offshore of the Mouille Point Lighthouse
Jaimie-faith
Poonah
04 March 2015
The National Sea Rescue
Institute in Bakoven rescued a lone paddler who appeared to be to be in
difficulty and acting suspiciously off shore of Green
Eyewitness said they spotted the
paddler and appeared to them to be refusing to be assisted, even though he was
not fit or equipped to be at sea.
NSRI Spokesperson Craig Lambinon
said: “On arrival on scene NSRI found that a lone paddler, unknown, as he
didn’t give much information but he was in a small blow up dinky that you
normally find in a swimming pool and using a garden rake as an oar.”
Lambinon said: “He was found one
ordinal mile offshore of the Mouille Point Lighthouse. He was brought to shore
where police took custody of the man, it was unknown where he comes from or
where he was going to.”
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