Whitby RNLI tow yacht to Scarborough harbour.
The crew were covering the area while Scarborough's Shannon class lifeboat was having routine maintenance.
The all weather lifeboat was launched and made its way down the coast to five miles off Castle Head in Scarborough where the vessel was located.
A tow was established and the vessel was taken to the safety of Scarborough harbour.
The volunteer crew aboard had time to refuel with some Fish and Chips before heading back to Whitby and arriving back on just before 5pm.
The lifeboat was refuelled and made ready for service.
Richard Dowson, Senior Station Technician said: 'On occasion when a flanking station lifeboat is off service we will provide cover, it just so happened on this occasion there was a call out. We were happy to assist and escort the yacht to safety.'
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