The yachtsman got into trouble around a mile and a half away from Eyemouth Harbour in the Scottish Borders and struggled to call for help after his radio was damaged by water.
The sinking yacht of a lone sailor who was rescued after a lifeboat volunteer heard his muffled cries for helpA solitary sailor was saved from his sinking yacht when a lifeboat volunteer detected his faint calls for help.
The sailor had managed to overturn his yacht, which had capsized around a mile and a half from Eyemouth Harbour in the Scottish Borders. He got back on board the vessel but was unable to stop the water from seeping in and grew increasingly cold.But RNLI's Andrew Jamieson, the coxswain of the Eyemouth lifeboat, heard the sailor's muffled cries for help over the radio and launched the lifeboat shortly after 2.15pm on Tuesday.
The crew swiftly located the sailor and brought him on to the all-weather lifeboat named Helen Hastings in the successful rescue operation.
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