Douglas RNLI lifeboat volunteer crew members were called out twice yesterday (Saturday).
The crew was first paged at 3.37am to a report of a person in the sea off Douglas.
The RNLI all-weather lifeboat Sir William Hillary was launched under the command of volunteer coxswain Neal Corran to carry out a search between the Peveril Steps and Tower of Refuge where the person was last reported to have been seen.
The person was located and recovered to the lifeboat using its inflatable dinghy daughter boat crewed by volunteers Peter Cowin and Donald Bottomley.
Having determined that the man was not in need of any further assistance from the RNLI he was landed at the Victoria Pier and given into the care of the coastguards and police.
The crew was called back to the station just after 2pm yesterday afternoon (Saturday) to help a local vessel that had broken down.
The Sir William Hillary was launched under the command of volunteer coxswain Neal Corran to go to the aid of a local vessel with two crew and crew other people on board which had broken down just off Port Soderick.
The casualty vessel was found and taken under tow back to Douglas and berthed at the visitors’ pontoon on the Battery Pier. After reporting to coastguards that everybody was well the lifeboat returned the casualty vessel to its regular mooring in the harbour.