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Cruisers stranded.


TWO men had to be towed to safety yesterday after their boat broke down.

Their 28ft motorcruiser - called Lost the Plot - had engine failure off Llandudno's Great Orme's Head at 3.30pm.

Llandudno RNLI's all weather lifeboat went to help the fibre glass motorcruiser which was in difficulty 1.5miles north of that landmark.

The two men on board had anchored and radioed HM Coastguards at Holyhead for help. The lifeboat crew took the motorcruiser in tow through heavy rain squalls to the safety of the River Conwy The River Conwy (Welsh: Afon Conwy) is a river in North Wales, United Kingdom. From its source to its discharge in Conwy Bay it is a little over 27 miles long. "Conwy" is sometimes Anglicized as "Conway. . Meanwhile two overdue kayakers who had been to Puffin Island Puffin Island is the name of several islands in a number of countries. In most cases the island has been so named because it has - or used to have - a colony of puffins. The "Puffin Islands" include: Canada
  • Puffin Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
 turned up safely at Llanfairfechan.
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Publication:Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:Jul 14, 2009
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