Coastguard news.............
We were paged at 12:15 this afternoon to meet Llandudno Lifeboat Crew and Conwy Lifeboat at Conwy Marina to a vessel which had broken down near Penmaenmawr.
Llandudno's All weather Lifeboat took the vessel under tow and towed it to one of the Marina's jetties where we were able to give extensive safety advice to the skipper of the vessel.......(That's a nice way of putting it)
RNLI Re above story
TWO LIFEBOATS ASSIST STRANDED YACHT
A 10-metre yacht, the 'Shadowfax' with a man and woman on board was brought to safety this afternoon in an operation involving two RNLI lifeboats after it had experienced engine failure in Conwy Bay forcing its skipper to anchor and await assistance. The vessel had left Conwy earlier bound for Cardiff.
Llandudno RNLI all-weather lifeboat was called out at 1100 hrs by Holyhead Coastguard to go to the vessel's assistance, but whilst en route was diverted to investigate a report of an upturned dinghy off Penmaenmawr with its two occupants in the sea. Shortly afterwards, Llandudno Coastguards ashore reported this incident had been resolved, freeing the lifeboat to resume her original mission to the yacht.
As the female member of the yacht's crew had become unwell Conwy Lifeboat was tasked to the scene, took her on board and swiftly took her to their lifeboat station, arranging en route for an ambulance to attend. It is reported she later made a full recovery.
Meanwhile, Llandudno's lifeboat transferred some of her RNLI crew members to the 'Shadowfax' following which the yacht was towed to a safe berth at Conwy marina. After recovering her crew members the lifeboat returned to station at Llandudno.