Rescue boat team secures adrift vessel on River Ouse

[Alan de Enfield]

Rescue boat team secures adrift vessel on River Ouse | York Press

 

A YORK Rescue Boat team was called into action after an unattended boat was accidentally set adrift on the River Ouse in the city.

The boat was spotted by York resident Danielle Lindley-Klassen and her husband while they were on a walk at around 8pm on Monday.

Danielle said: “We called the fire service when we spotted the boat between Skeldergate Bridge and Millennium Bridge, but someone had already called the Rescue Boat service to the incident.

“It looked as though they struggled to manage the boat, it hit the concrete banking on both sides of the river.”

[StephenA]

"Accidentally set adrift" ... interesting concept.

[magnetman]

Maybe it was secured using British Waterways type blue split film polypropylene rope which gave way due to windy weather or something. 

 

 

[midnight cowboy]

Maybe they were on a bender and didn’t hitch it!