Cowes RNLI lifeboat was launched this morning to assist a motorboat, with two people and a dog aboard, which has run aground in Osborne Bay, East Cowes,
The lifeboat, which launched at 11.48 am, managed to tow the boat off the gravel before it was trapped for hours on the receding spring tide.
It was then escorted to Haslar Marina, Gosport.