A recovery boat sent to free a stranded cruiser is awaiting rescue at high tide after it too got stuck.
The vessel from Everitt Marine Services (EMS) managed to refloat the cruiser but ran aground on Wednesday during the rescue, calling for help at around 9.54am.
Hemsby lifeboat and the Broads Authority helped a man to safety, and on Thursday (April 28) morning the recovery boat was still stuck.
In dramatic scenes six people were taken off one cruiser by Hemsby lifeboat, via its flat-bottomed Broads' boat and then taken to the yacht station by the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston RNLI.
At the same time 11 people had to be winched to safety by helicopter.
Dan Hurd, coxswain of Hemsby Lifeboat, said the EMS boat became stranded after its propeller got caught up and would have to wait until a high tide to be freed.
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