Lifeboat organisation the RNLI has praised a “quick-thinking” teenager who used his own boat to rescue two men after they fell into the water from an inflatable.
The teenager saw the two men in difficulty after they fell out of a toy blow-up inflatable boat in Broadford Bay, Skye, on Saturday evening.
The boy, aged around 16, went out in his own boat to rescue them and brought them back to shore.
The Kyle of Lochalsh RNLI lifeboat also went to the scene after the Coastguard received reports of the two men in difficulty at around 9pm on Saturday.
However, the men had been rescued by the time they arrived and were said to be safe and well.
Andrew MacDonald, helm at Kyle RNLI, said: “Thanks to the quick thinking of the teenager going out in his own boat to rescue the two casualties, a far more serious situation was averted.
“We’d like to remind people that blow-up inflatable toys should be kept for use in swimming pools and not open water, and to always ensure that you have lifejackets on and a means of communicating to the emergency services if you get into any difficulty.”