Alex Trelinski
A BRITISH crew of a yacht anchored off the Alicante coast survived a lightning strike on Wednesday afternoon.
The Informacion newspaper reported that the catamaran had been anchored for several days in the Cabo de la Huerta area.
Four British people were on board the vessel when the the incident happened.
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A yellow alert for storms had been issued for Alicante Province on Wednesday.
The lightning strike on the mast caused no injury to the crew but it knocked out the electronics on the 14 metre-long catamaran.
It meant the navigational systems could not function and a distress call was sent out.
The Salvamar Leo vessel from Maritime Rescue based at the port of Alicante was despatched to rescue them at 5pm.
The yacht’s anchor had to be manually raised due to the failed electrics before it was towed at slow speed to Alicante marina.
