The group of four youths were paddleboarding in winds of 40mph during Storm Kathleen.
Four youths were rescued by RNLI heroes after getting into difficulty while paddleboarding in 40mph winds on a Scots coast.
But as Storm Kathleen set in, strong-easterly winds of around 40 knots, the equivalent of around 46mph, the situation quickly changed with the lifeboat searching for four people near the Bow Fiddle Rock landmark. A second pair were spotted in the water a few minutes later, with the crew successfully recovering another two “very cold and relieved youngsters”.
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