Only days later did they discover that their lives had deliberately been put at risk by vandals who had sabotaged the engine.
Andy Le Sech and his partner’s daughter, Megan Le Feuvre, were heading out of Grève de Lecq last Tuesday when they realised about 60 yards off the beach that they had a problem.
‘The engine cut out and we had to go back on the small auxiliary,’ said Mr Le Sech.
‘I checked everything I could see.
A few days later I had a mechanic have a look at it and he discovered that four or five gallons of fresh water had been put in the fuel tank.
The engine and the bearings were all full of water.
‘My pots are always at Plémont.
It’s one of the most dangerous areas you can get because the sea just boils there.
If we had lost the engine there, we would have drifted out to sea at an incredible rate.
Even with the auxiliary it would have taken me hours to get back.
‘I had a young girl with me and it could have been very dangerous – that’s what really annoys me.’ Mr Le Sech’s boat was tampered with some time between Sunday 17 April and Tuesday 19 April.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the police on 612612.
