Yacht in difficulty towed to Alderney
The boat, which had set off from France, suffered machinery and steering failure
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A yacht in difficulty off Alderney has been towed to safety by the island's lifeboat.
The RNLI said its all-weather vessel, the Roy Barker I, was launched at about 14:00 BST on Sunday after a distress call from a boat about three miles (5km) south-east of the island.
The lifeboat crew hooked up a tow line to the 33ft (10m) yacht, with two people on board, and brought it back to Braye Harbour.
The boat, which had set off from Cherbourg in France, suffered machinery and steering failure and was unable to sail due to the lack of wind, the RNLI said.
The yacht was in Braye by 17:00.
The crew of the Roy Barker I hooked up a tow line