SHOUT: Weymouth RNLI received a call at 8.30 this morning
A MAN was injured when he fell on his boat while trying to fix its broken engine.
Weymouth RNLI was called at 8.30 this morning to a broken down yacht nine miles south east of Portland Bill.
The boat suffered engine failure and when a crew member went to investigate, he fell down in to the engine room.
No first aid treatment was required and the lifeboat towed the broken down vessel back to Weymouth, arriving at 11am.
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