A 17-year-old from Newquay who took his father’s fishing boat out with friends has been fined under the Merchant Shipping Act for running down a small rowing dinghy outside Newquay Harbour.
The incident occurred on Saturday 12th September 2009, whilst crowds were watching the Ladies Gig racing from the harbour wall. Jake Gilbert, of Newquay, took his father’s fishing vessel, the ‘Tizzardlee On’ out of the harbour with a number of his friends on board. At the same time a small rowing dinghy containing a father and his 8 year old son were returning to shore after having moored their vessel in deeper water.
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