Port St Mary lifeboat rescued a yacht adrift in calm conditions one mile south east of the Chicken Rock lighthouse.

Lifeboat volunteers were paged by Belfast coastguard at just before 10.20pm last night (Thursday) to go to the aid of a yacht.

All-weather lifeboat Gough Ritchie 2, under the command of Coxswain Mark Pendlebury, was launched immediately.

Having checked that the one person on board was safe and well, a tow was established between Port St Mary and the yacht which was safely towed back to Port St Mary harbour.

The Gough Ritchie 2 was back on station and ready for service at 12.15am.