Douglas lifeboat was called out on Saturday morning to help a yacht stranded nine miles off Douglas Head.
The vessel, with just one on board, is thought to have broken down.
The skipper alerted Liverpool Coastguard and the lifeboat here towed the yacht back to Douglas.
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