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<\/p>\nTHIS is the dramatic moment a shipwrecked family were forced to swim to a secret beach after their boat exploded.<\/p>\n
Joe Davies and his two sons were on a fishing trip in Poole Harbour, Dorset, when the engine on their inflatable boat caught fire and sank.<\/p>\n
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Joe helped his sons Sonny, 11, and eight-year-old Rudy, out of the 15ft rigid boat and into the water, before swimming to land.<\/p>\n
But the closest land to them was a nearby isolated beach on the Arne peninsula.<\/p>\n
The dad-of-two raised the alarm using his mobile phone that had luckily been kept in a waterproof bag.<\/p>\n
As his phone had stayed dry during the nightmare ordeal, Joe was able to call for safety and save the lives of himself and his kids.<\/p>\n
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While they waited for rescue to come, the family looked on in horror as the blazing boat sank.<\/p>\n
A lifeboat crew from Poole RNLI arrived on the scene minutes later and plucked the trio to safety.<\/p>\n
All three were wearing lifejackets as they boarded the rescue boat and sped away from the fiery scene.<\/p>\n
The dad said: "The fire took hold pretty quickly, and with the fuel tanks on board I didn't know what was going to explode.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "There was no other option than to bail out".<\/p>\n He added that they all had their buoyancy aids on, and since it was low tide, the family didn't have to swim too far before they reached the shore.<\/p>\n "Within five minutes the boat was fully ablaze, he said".<\/p>\n "We were very lucky with where it happened – if we were back where we were fishing it would have been a different story.<\/p>\n "I can't praise the RNLI enough for how quickly they got out to us and the treatment we received.<\/p>\n "The boys were very cold and shaky and we got taken to the station for hot showers, a change of clothes and cups of tea."<\/p>\n Dave Bursey, an RNLI volunteer, carried the young boys into the lifeboat.<\/p>\n He said: "We were very pleased when we arrived on scene to see that all three casualties had made it to shore safely and nobody had been injured in the fire.<\/p>\n "Fortunately, they were all wearing buoyancy aids and weren't too far from the shore.<\/p>\n "The dad did the right thing in carrying a means for calling help in a waterproof pouch, then dialling 999 and asking for the coastguard as soon as it was safe to do so."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/newspress-collage-22333855-1683875767449.jpg\")
<\/picture>\nThis Morning's Holly 'blindsided and upset' as Phil releases statement<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
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<\/picture>\nHolly wipes Phil Schofield from social media as former friends \u2018barely speak\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
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<\/picture>\nPhillip Schofield releases statement to mend relationship with Holly<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
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