A man has been airlifted to hospital after his inflatable kayak boat was blown more than a mile off the Scots coast. Aberdeen Coastguard were scrambled to the East Sands area of St Andrews at around 6.20pm on Friday, August 19.
Both of the RNLI's Broughty Ferry Lifeboats were then also called to assist the man, who had been blown even further by the Force 4 south westerly offshore breeze
When he was rescued, he was found to be extremely cold and had swallowed sea water. The decision was made to have the man lifted off of the Lifeboat by the Coastguard Helicopter Rescue 199 from Prestwick.
