A SPEEDBOAT grounded on a beach has been recovered.

The boat was grounded on the beach at Golden Gate Towyn at about 11am on Friday, August 10. The inshore lifeboat Mary Maxwell and the relief all-weather lifeboat The Lincolnshire Poacher were launched after the UK coastguard at Holyhead received reports that a speedboat had beached and the occupants were unable to re-launch it.

A spokesperson for the Rhyl lifeboat said: "The crew managed to get a tow line attached, and were successful in towing the casualty boat out of the surf line. The tow was then passed to the all-weather lifeboat and the boat was towed back to Rhyl harbour.

"The occupants of the casualty vessel were driven to the harbour by the local coastguard volunteers, as it was deemed too rough for them to re-board the boat in the surf."

Martin Jones, Rhyl lifeboat coxswain, added: 'If the vessel had been left until tonight's high tide, there would have been a greater risk, as it would be in darkness.

"The decision to re-float the boat on the day's high tide proved successful."