A boat with no captain on board and traveling at high speed. That was last Saturday muavista beach with inflatable boat the boss and the three little ones who was towing a recreational boat they finally fell into the water and chose to swim ashore. The rapid action of the Civil Guard Marine Service prevented a mishap among the swimmers, and agents were able to board the boat and stop the boat. The boat, which had dragged a semi-submerged deflated floating device, was returned to its owner, and the Civil Guard reported the situation to the police. Alicante Sea Captain after detecting that man overboard deviceautomatically shutting down the engine in such an emergency. manipulatedso the captain was still running when he fell overboard.
The naval incident occurred at about half past ten on Saturday morning in front of Muchavista beach in El Campello. The Civil Guard learned that a pleasure craft was drifting with the engine running and turning at high speed. Both the captain and the three underage crew members, in a recreational floating device towing the boat, fell overboard and swam ashore.
this patrol boat “Oja River” The Alicante Civil Guard Maritime Service immediately began searching for inflatable boats as they were an obvious danger to swimmers and other sea users. When they arrived at the scene, the agents performed a complex operation to board the boat on the move, and once they got on board they stopped it and towed it to the port of El Campello.
Agents were able to confirm in port that the man overboard device or the boat’s brake safety system had apparently been tampered with. Therefore, the engine of the boat When the captain fell into the water, he did not stop immediately.
The owner of the boat, a 51-year-old Spanish man and Alicante resident, rescued his boat, but the Civil Guard reported the incident to the Alicante Marine Captain. In the event of such an accident, the Civil Guard advises in addition to the following: Control check the condition of the boat’s braking system in advance, stop the machine immediately and keep an eye on the boat to avoid damaging the propeller.