Jetski rescued in Scarborough

The RNLI attended the incident in the North bay last night.

Author: Jon BurkePublished 20th Jul 2021

Scarborough RNLI’s inshore lifeboat has been called, when a jetski got into difficulties in the North bay.

It happened last night, when the crew of three volunteers were told where it had last been spotted and were just about to start a search pattern when they found it.

The driver and his partner were on the beach.

The jetski was upside down and partly submerged in the choppy water, about a quarter of a mile out to sea.

The lifeboat team was aware that the jetski could become a hazard to navigation and decided it was safe to tow it to shore, where they were helped by coastguards.

It emerged that the driver had forgotten to insert a drain plug, which had allowed the engine to flood.

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