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British men almost die in shark-infested ocean after boat sinks

Two British holidaymakers on two-week trip to Kenya almost die in shark-infested ocean after their boat sinks as they try to catch a 300lb fish

  • Ash Paisley, 46, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire and Mark Lane, 43, from Somerset, spent two hours trying to stay afloat
  • Boat sank off coast of Mombassa, Kenya, as they tried to reel in black marlin fish 
  • Men wore life jackets and linked arms with five Kenyan crew who could not swim
  • Group finally rescued two hours later by 42,000-tonne Hafnia Africa oil tanker  

By Harry Howard For Mailonline

Published: 14:12 EDT, 14 July 2019 | Updated: 14:19 EDT, 14 July 2019

Two British holidaymakers nearly died when their boat sank in shark-infested waters off the coast of Kenya as they tried to catch a 300lb fish. 

Father-of-one Ash Paisley, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and Mark Lane, from Somerset, along with five Kenyan crew, spent two hours trying to stay afloat in 12ft-high waves, after their fishing boat sank.

They were eventually rescued after an oil tanker which was passing by picked up their distress signal, the Mirror reported

Two British holidaymakers nearly died when their boat sank in shark-infested waters off the coast of Kenya as they tried to catch a 300lb fish

The men had been fighting to bring aboard a black marlin, which can swim at 65mph and is one of the fastest fish in the world, when Mr Paisley noticed a crew member frantically bailing out water to stop their boat from sinking. 

The crew members unsuccessfully tried to start the engines and the boat began to sink, forcing the group to put on life jackets and link arms before floating for two hours in the shark-infested waters before they were finally rescued. 

Mr Paisley, 46, said: ‘I’m a novice so I just presumed it was normal.

Father-of-one Ash Paisley, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and Mark Lane, from Somerset, along with five Kenyan crew spent two hours trying to stay afloat in 12ft-high waves, after their fishing boat sank

‘There was no real panic – then all of a sudden it became clear we were in trouble.’

The former RAF engineer added that the crew were in ‘bad shape’ and could not swim. 

He said he was ‘reasonably calm’ before Mr Lane, 43, turned to him and said: “Don’t mention the “S” word. 

‘I was thinking, “What, shipwrecked?” He said, “S-H-A-R-K”. That’s when I began to get worried,’ he added. 

The group were finally rescued when the 42,000-tonne Singaporean tanker Hafnia Africa oil tanker, which had picked up their distress signal, sent a lifeboat. 

Mr Paisley and Mr Lane, a car salesman, were on a two-week trip to Mombassa, on the Kenyan coast, when they got into trouble. 

The men had been fighting to bring aboard a 300lb black marlin (file photo), which can swim at 65mph and is one of the fastest fish in the world, when Mr Paisley noticed a crew member frantically bailing out water to stop their boat from sinking

They had paid £400 for what was supposed to be a six-hour trip to catch big fish. 

Mr Paisley said that if it had not been for the passing tanker, they would be dead. 

He said the ‘best noise’ he had ever heard was the sound of the tanker’s crane lowering the lifeboat into the water. 

That was then he knew they were safe, he said. 

The group were finally rescued when the 42,000-tonne Singaporean tanker Hafnia Africa oil tanker, which had picked up their distress signal, sent a lifeboat

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