RNLI escorts yacht to safety

RNLI teams were called out at the weekend after a yacht started taking on water off the North of the Island.

Ramsey crews were called to the 10-metre vessel just before 6pm on Saturday, May 25 around one mile out from the Point of Ayre.

On arrival the lifeboat team discovered two people on board who were pumping water out but in control of the vessel, with lifeboat Coxswain Mark Kenyon determining there was no immediate danger.

As a precaution the RNLI personnel shadowed the yacht back to Ramsey Harbour which was then taken into the care of Ramsey Coastguard.