A STRANDED jetskier had to be rescued from the Solent this morning.

The man, in his forties, was trying to tow his broken down jetski to the beach at Standswood Bay but began to struggle as exhaustion and hypothermia set it.

The RNLI Calshot's inshore lifeboat was launched and the crew was able to pluck him from the water and take him to the shore.

He received first aid treatment back at the lifeboat station before being taken to Southampton General Hospital.

Inshore lifeboat helmsman Mark Laughlin said: "This gentleman was very lucky that we were able to reach him so quickly, as he had already been in the water for 20 minutes. Much longer and the outcome could have been very different."