Coastguard crews tackled fierce seas in an overnight rescue mission after the captain of a large yacht got into trouble near a treacherous causeway.
The all weather vessel from Seahouses lifeboat station, North Sunderland, was called to rescue a 30-foot yacht from Holy Island Haven after it began dragging its anchor. Crews launched at 10:52pm on October 6, but it took until 3am the following day for the mission to be complete.
The crew found the troubled vessel to be dragging the anchor close to parked boats and their underwater mooring lines - making any rescue attempt extremely difficult.
