Three drunk revellers who set to sea in a small dinghy with only one paddle were rescued after drifting in the English Channel for 11 hours thinking they had sailed to France. Equipped only with a bottle of wine and wearing shorts and t-shirts, the men launched their seven-foot inflatable from the beach at Littlehampton, West Sussex, at 9pm on Saturday.
They were spotted at 8am the next morning by a birdwatcher who saw them waving for help two miles out to sea. According to onlookers, the mariners thought they had reached the French coast and greeted their coastguard rescuers with: “Bonjour."
Three drunk revellers who set to sea in a small dinghy with only one paddle were rescued after drifting in the English Channel for 11 hours thinking they had sailed to France. Equipped only with a bottle of wine and wearing shorts and t-shirts, the men launched their seven-foot inflatable from the beach at Littlehampton, West Sussex, at 9pm on Saturday.
They were spotted at 8am the next morning by a birdwatcher who saw them waving for help two miles out to sea. According to onlookers, the mariners thought they had reached the French coast and greeted their coastguard rescuers with: “Bonjour."
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