An lifeboat crew has rescued a yacht which ran aground on Loch Ness.
The Loch Ness Lifeboat RNLI team got the call just after 10.30am this morning to assist the three people aboard, at Torr Point, near Dores on the south side of the loch.
Martin Douglas, of the RNLI lifeboat team said: “The wind was quite a stiff southwesterly.
“They were hard aground and couldn’t motor themselves off so they called for help.
“The yacht was at a 30-degree list at that time, but didn’t take on any water.”
No-one was injured. The yacht was towed to the safety of deeper water and its engines were able to be restarted.
It was escorted to Dochgarroch where the RNLI team was met by volunteers of the Inverness Coastguard team who helped with the mooring and securing of the vessel and carried out checks on the yacht.
A member of the RNLI team who lives beside the loch witnessed the drama, though binoculars, from his home and called in Coastguard headquarters in Aberdeen to update them on the situation.
The yacht’s three crew were said to be fine.
RNLI Regulars Howie Whyte and Joy Cameron were joined on the operation by newest recruit James Lynch on his first call-out.
