Two people on a cruise boat were rescued by a lifeboat crew off Eastbourne yesterday.
Skipper Michael Sarola sent a Mayday call to Dover Coastguard after his vessel developed propeller problems.
The 13.5m Dutch boat, called Kreiav, was on the last leg of a two-year world cruise and was on the way from Cherbourg to Groningen in Holland.
Trouble struck six miles from Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, and the all-weather lifeboat, the Royal Thames, was launched at 8.45am after the alert was passed on by the Coastguard.
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