EXMOUTH RNLI on Monday evening towed a 20-foot cabin cruiser with two people aboard to safety after it suffered gearbox failure.

EXMOUTH RNLI on Monday evening towed a 20-foot cabin cruiser with two people aboard to safety after it suffered gearbox failure.

The all-weather lifeboat was launched after another vessel's attempt to tow the stricken vessel failed.

The broken-down boat was taken back to Exmouth.