Staithes RNLI lifeboat launched at 6:50am on Thursday morning after a Whitby fishing boat got its propeller fouled in an old trawl net.
The skipper of ‘Deep Harmony’ called Humber Coastguard to report that the 30 foot boat was hauling lobster pots when a piece of old trawl net came to the surface and fouled the boats propeller and rudder.
The coastguard requested the launch of Staithes lifeboat and the volunteer crew were alongside ‘Deep Harmony’ by 07:00am.
The volunteer lifeboat crew passed a tow rope to the fishing boat at began towing to Whitby, arriving there at 08:20am.
Colin Harrison, the lifeboat helmsman, says:-
“The wind was quite fresh, about a force 5 from the south, which would push the fishing boat further offshore. There was no way of freeing the jammed propeller and rudder so we towed the boat to Whitby.”
Staithes lifeboat returned to station at 09:10pm.