THE coastguard had a busy time of it over the bank holiday weekend in the Solent and around the Isle of Wight.
Four people were rescued by coastguards after their boat ran aground off the Isle of Wight.
The Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat crew managed to tow the catamaran Ali Cat into Lymington after receiving a distress call.
The craft had sustained damage to its starboard engine on grounding.
Passengers on board a yacht sent out an SOS after running aground on the Shingles Bank, Western Solent.
The yacht had got into difficulty and 16 people on board Challenge 39 watched as a Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat crew towed their craft into deeper water to allow it to continue its passage.
Coastguards sped to the aid of a solitary seafarer after his boat ran aground off the Isle of Wight.
The Lymington RNLI inshore lifeboat found the yacht Scarlet Lady run aground 300 yards off the entrance to Newtown Creek after being called out at 6.49pm.
The lifeboat crew helped the yacht's lone sailor to move a kedge anchor that enabled the vessel to refloat on the next high tide.
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