The Lough Swilly RNLI were called to an incident overnight and assisted a stricken yacht over a 12 hour period.
They were alerted to a situation by Malin Head Coast Guard at 10:45pm, 7 nautical miles off Malin Head.
According to their Facebook page, a 36 foot yacht with two persons on board had been competing in ‘The Round Ireland Race’ had got into difficulty not far from Inishtrahull.
Arriving on scene the Lifeboat took the yacht to Culdaff Bay and placed the yacht on a mooring.
At around 3am, a decision was made to tow the yacht to the safety of Greencastle Harbour.
Once the yacht had safely arrived in the harbour, the lifeboat volunteers made the difficult journey back to Buncrana Pier, refuelled and made ready for service.
No injuries were reported and all persons arrived safely to shore.
