Dundee Sailing Club is set to review the safety of its events after two boats capsized over the weekend.
Broughty Ferry lifeboat volunteers had to rescue an upturned vessel from the Tay just off The Stannergate on Sunday.
Its crew were taken to safety by the club’s own rescue team, while the other boat was able to recover and get back to shore without additional help.
The windy conditions were believed to have caused the incident, which did not cause any injuries to the crews.
Duncan Heather, Club Commodore, said: “Everyone’s fine and in good spirits.
“The boat – a Wayfarer sailing dinghy – sustained some rigging damage but nothing too serious.
“We had a number of boats out for a club event as, despite the strong conditions, we felt we had prepared the boats well, with experienced helms and reefed sails.
“However two boats did capsize in the strong wind, with one recovering to the shore near the club, but the second one had trouble righting, so the crew were eventually taken onto the club safety boat and taken ashore.
“The club safety boat was re-crewed and went out to find and recover the dinghy, but it was the smaller lifeboat rib that found the floating boat – upside down, lots of waves, so hard to spot.
“We stuck around and did the final tow back to the club, but the lifeboat crews on both their boats were fantastic and the boat owner was very relieved to get his boat back.
“The buoyancy tanks had flooded so it was impossible to right and was towed slowly upside down to the Fife shore before being bailed out and re-floated right way up.
“We’ll be reviewing the safety aspects of the event from a club perspective, though most of the sailors out reported an exhilarating sail.”
The RNLI were alerted to the incident at around 1.20pm and by 4.05pm the capsized vessel had been recovered and taken back to the sailing club.
