£6.98 tube of glue saved sinking yacht

A SAILOR told yesterday how a £6.98 tube of glue saved his 50ft yacht from sinking.

Stephen Spencer panicked when water started filling his £50,000 (€58,700) ketch and the pumps were not enough to stop it sinking in Poole Harbour, Dorset.

The 44-year-old marine engineer then went to a hardware store and bought a £6.98 tube of adhesive to patch up the five-inch hole at the end of June.