Dover Lifeboat crew rescued one man on board a jet-driven angling boat after it broke down in the Channel on Monday.

The lifeboat launched just after 1pm to go to the aid of the man whose seven-metre boat suffered complete engine failure, 11 miles off Dover, while on pssage from the Netherlands.

Under the command of Deputy Second Coxswain Mark Finnis, the lifeboat took the disabled craft under tow and brought it into Dover Marina just before 5pm.

On arrival in Dover, the Dutch owner of the craft said that he was very pleased to see the lifeboat arrive but sad that for the first time in 40 years at sea he had to call on a volunteer lifeboat crew for help.

Coxswain Mark Finnis said: "Conditions in the Channel were moderate and the boat was drifting in the nautical equivalent of the M25. Everything went well and the man was last seen boarding a ferry to go home, leaving his new boat in Dover."

The Dover Lifeboat fundraisers will be holding a coffee morning at the lifeboat station on Saturday October 31 from 10am to noon.