HELENSBURGH RNLI Lifeboat was called out to a report of a grounded 44-foot yacht at the mouth of the River Leven.
At 2pm on Wednesday 20th April, 2016 Belfast Coastguard contacted Helensburgh RNLI Lifeboat about the report.
Although the tide was on the ebb, the Coastguard requested that the lifeboat attend to establish the situation on board the vessel.
The lifeboat was launched and proceeded to the location.
Crew located the yacht hard aground on a sand bank some 10 metres outside the channel, which is not buoyed.
As the yacht could not be refloated at that time, it was agreed that a crew would return later in the evening to confirm that the yacht refloated safely.
The lifeboat crew landed one of the yacht's crew plus two dogs at Sandpoint Marina before returning to base.
A second crew was selected to go out later in the evening.
At 12.10am the lifeboat crew launched again and proceeded to Dumbarton in time to confirm that the yacht had refloated safely.
It was the intention of the yacht's crew to continue their passage to Kip marina.
Having confirmed that all was well, the lifeboat crew returned to base and reported ready for service again at 1.20am.
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