CLACTON lifeboat went to the rescue of a boat which had broken down two miles out to sea.
Thames coastguard received a 999 call from the Arfatu just before 2pm on Saturday.
The boat had suffered engine failure at the Eagle buoy, two miles south of St Osyth.
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