Picture courtesy of West Mersea RNLI.
WEST Mersea's volunteer lifeboat crew towed a broken down boat to safety.
The RNLI team were called at 7.15pm yesterday to the motor boat with three people on board.
It had suffered engine problems off Osea Island, in the River Blackwater.
The lifeboat towed the boat and those on board to safety at the Blackwater Sailing Club.
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