Three people on board
At 9pm this evening Forth Coastguard received a MAYDAY broadcast from the 33 foot yacht Horus, which was taking in water 17 miles off Eyemouth with three people on board.
Forth Coastguard requested the launch of St Abbs and Eyemouth RNLI lifeboats and Rescue helicopter R131 from RAF Boulmer attended. Eyemouth Coastguard Rescue Team will meet the yacht on arrival at Eyemouth.
The Rescue helicopter and the lifeboats were able to get pumps on board the sinking yacht and control the ingress of water.
The yacht carried out all the correct actions during the emergency incident and carried a liferaft, lifejackets and a flare pack which was used to attract the Rescue Helicopter.
Source: Maritime and Costguard Agency