A man, whose small boat collided with a ferry, escaped after being thrown into the water, going under a ferry and surfacing on the other side. The U.K.’s Portland Coastguard said it received several 999 calls earlier this evening reporting that a small grey inflatable dinghy had suffered engine failure whilst in the path of the Sandbanks chain ferry. The two occupants were unable to start the engine in time causing it to collide with the chain ferry. The two men were thrown into the water, one going under the ferry before surfacing the other side. The chain ferry, Bramblebush Bay plucked one of the men from its own path. The other man was rescued from the water by a passing yacht.