Elderly man rescued after being marooned at sea 'for 45 days'

A solo sailor who was rescued from a vessel which ran aground in the north-east of England told rescuers he had been at sea for 45 days. Armed police and an Army bomb disposal team were called to King Edward’s Bay in Tynemouth on Wednesday evening after concerns were raised about items found aboard the sailing boat.

The one person on board, an elderly man, was helped off by a lifeboat volunteer after two RNLI crews were called to the scene following reports of a vessel drifting dangerously close to rocks at about 8pm.

The Tynemouth inshore lifeboat (ILB) was training at the time near Tynemouth’s north pier and was diverted to the incident, helm James Waters said. He said they managed to get one crew member aboard the stricken

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