Port Talbot volunteer lifeboat crew were busy washing down and refuelling the inshore lifeboat after the training exercises yesterday when they received a call informing that a fishing boat had broken down a mile off shore.
The volunteer lifeboat crew launched the RNLI inshore lifeboat immediately and were soon on the scene.
The boat, a 18 foot Wilson Flyer, with five men on board, had run out of fuel and was unable to return to shore. The RNLI lifeboat crew established a tow and preceded to the slipway in the River Afan were the boat was recovered onto its trailer.
The RNLI inshore lifeboat was then returned to the station.
