Watch as Queensferry RNLI save man stranded on an inflatable mattress near Cramond Island
Lifeboat crews in Edinburgh were forced to rescue a man who tried to sail to Cramond Island on an inflatable mattress.
It is understood the man had attempted to use the mattress to reach the island on Sunday, January 11.
Crews were called to the scene at around 9.20am and were able to rescue the ‘wet and extremely cold’ casualty.
In the video you can see the volunteer Queensferry RNLI crew race to the man before transferring him safely onboard the lifeboat. He is then wrapped in a thermal blanked before being taken to Cramond Village.
The man was then handed over to the Scottish Ambulance Service's Special Operations Response Team, (SORT) and the South Queensferry Coastguard Rescue Team.
Stewart Atkinson, RNLI volunteer said: “It was lucky that we got there when we did, as the casualty was extremely cold and was drifting further offshore, with the tide and offshore wind.
“This incident highlights that blow-up toys and airbeds are designed for pools, not the sea where they can quickly be blown offshore.”