A Bermudian fishing boat was unable to start its engine and was adrift 21 miles offshore last night before two other vessels came to its rescue.

Around 5.20 p.m. Harbour Radio received the distress call and the two fishing boats who were nearby responded.

A spokesperson at Harbour Radio said the two people onboard the disabled vessel, Provider, were unable to get the engine to start and the first vessel to arrive was the visiting US fishing boat Great Escape.

Provider had departed from Dockyard on Sunday and the two men had been fishing near Argus Bank, a point almost 21 miles Southwest of Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, before running into trouble.

Though initiating the tow, the crew on Great Escape brought the disabled vessel closer to Bermuda where a local fishing boat, Bay Roots finished the tow into Ely's Harbour at 10 p.m. last night.