The Kinghorn lifeboat was launched to assist a kite surfer who got into difficulty off Kinghorn beach.
The volunteer crew launched at around 9pm on Thursday when the wind dropped and he was unable to re-fly his kite in the shelter of Kinghorn Bay.
The crew found the man had made it ashore east of the Kinghorn Harbour holiday park, below the Fife Coastal Path.
A crew member swam the 60 metres ashore to assist him back to the lifeboat, and he was returned to Pettycur.
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