Longhope Lifeboat heading to Kirkwall with yacht in tow
(Picture: Craig Taylor)
Longhope Lifeboat is heading towards Kirkwall towing in a yacht which was in difficulties off Copinsay earlier this morning.
The lifeboat was called out around 6.30am to head to the scene, in an area which is normally covered by Kirkwall Lifeboat, however the Kirkwall boat is in Inverness undergoing routine maintenance today.
The yacht named Cloud Nine has four people onboard.