on Saturday.

The man, who has not been named, was flown off his ship by helicopter on Saturday morning.

He was taken to the international airport and transported by ambulance to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

A spokesman for Harbour Radio was unable to describe the nature of the man's injuries but they are not thought to be life-threatening.

BOATS CALL FOR HELP RES Boats call for help Two pleasure boats had to call for help after weekend engine breakdowns, Harbour Radio said yesterday.

At lunchtime on Saturday, the powerboat Rascal reported engine failure off Chubb Point.

But the sole crew member of the 17-foot boat got his position wrong by several miles and was found by a Police patrol boat six miles northwest, off Eastern Blue Cut, and towed to shore.

Earlier, the 35-foot yacht Thetis called for help after her engine failed and she became becalmed in light winds off Spanish Point.

A passing boat took it in tow and brought the boat and its seven crew into harbour.

IMPAIRED RIDER BANNED CTS Impaired rider banned Driving with more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood cost a Smith's Parish man $400 on Friday.

Christian Chollet, 25, of Harrington Sound Road, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to driving while impaired.

Chollet was seen swerving and speeding on Middle Road in Smith's Parish at 1.30 a.m. on August 3 and was stopped at Palmetto Bay Hotel where Police noticed that he appeared drunk.

An alco-analyser test showed that he had 177 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80 milligrams.

Senior Magistrate Will Francis fined Chollet $400 and banned him from driving all motor vehicles for a year.

BLACK JACK RELOAFTED RES Black Jack refloated Black Jack is back.

The Dockyard Shuttle Company's private ferry was successfully rescued from Stag Rocks by Renaud Marine early on Friday morning at high tide and returned relatively unscathed to its mooring at Dockyard.

Harbour Radio said the 60-foot ferry ran aground on Thursday evening on the shoal between Dockyard and Spanish Point. There were no passengers aboard.