2 June Shout
Channel: RNLI Macduff
Date: 02/06/2016

The volunteer crew from Macduff lifeboat  were paged at 02:35 on June 2 to assist a yacht that had got a sail around its rudder. 

The four man crew had to use radar and VHF direction finding to locate the Blue Pegasus about two miles off Whitehills. The sea state was moderate with swells of up to 5 meters.

Macduff lifeboat requested the assistance of Buckie Lifeboat to act as a brake during the tow in to harbour due to the Blue Pegasus having a sail around her rudder and the sea swell.

Initial attempts to take the casualty to Whitehills Marina were aborted due to low tide at 04:01 and the sea state.

The casualty was instead towed to Macduff Harbour where she was secured and the lone crew member was taken in to the care of the local Coastguard team.