Lifeboat volunteers two boat back home on six-hour mission
Lifeboat volunteers spent six hours towing a broken-down fishing boat home.
The Workington RNLI crew was called at around 2:30 pm to help the vessel, which had broken down 20 miles southwest of Workington.
It had two people on board.
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The all-weather lifeboat was launched and attached a tow to the 28ft boat and towed it back to Whitehaven.
The lifeboat returned to its base at 8:31 pm.
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