UPDATE 8:39 a.m.: What was initially-reported bathtub turned out to be a fibreglass boat. The men were not in distress.



VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – “Now we’ve seen everything,” was what Colin Henthorne with the Coast Guard had to say after crews had to rescue two men floating down the Fraser River near Steveston in a bathtub last night.

He says crews have never seen anything like it; the men had attached a makeshift sail to the tub, and were planning to head up the North arm of the Fraser.

As soon as the Coast Guard got wind of the men, they dispatched the Sea Island Hovercraft.

The two were pulled into the rescue boat unharmed.

RCMP were also called to deal with the pair, but there’s no word on charges.