The boy are rowed ashore Picture: Seb Cope
THREE boys were rescued after their inflatable boat deflated and sank in Lyme Regis Harbour.
They were recovered by a lifeboat crewman and returned to shore wet but unhurt following the incident on Saturday afternoon.
A spokesman for Lyme Regis LIfeboat said: "Three boys – two aged 13 and one 14 – were helped to safety by a Lyme Regis RNLI crew member after their inflatable boat deflated in the town’s harbour.
"The lifeboat crew was alerted at 4.55pm. Crew member Rich Tilley rowed the lifeboat station’s X-boat – a ten foot inflatable -to pontoons in the harbour to collect two of the boys. The third boy was already ashore.
"The boys were said to be ‘rather wet and apologetic but otherwise unhurt."
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