Poole Lifeboat. The Atlantic lifeboat. Picture: Poole RNLI
AN EXHAUSTED paddleboarder was rescued off Poole in the early hours of Friday morning.
Poole lifeboat volunteers were launched to reports of a person clinging to a buoy off Hamworthy Park at 12.20am.
The man was discovered 300 metres south west of Poole Yacht Club.
He was transferred from a moored yacht to the lifeboat and taken ashore to Hamworthy Park.
The volunteers returned back to the station and were ready for service just before 1am.
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