Two women were found screaming for help as they clinged to their paddleboard hours after being blown out into the North Sea by strong winds.
The UK Coastguard received an emergency call from a member of the public who spotted the duo in difficulty around one mile north of Kingsbarns Beach in Fife on Sunday.
A crew from RNLI Anstruther raced to the scene, where they found the exhausted women shouting for help at around 2.30pm.