A husband and wife were taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia on Sunday evening, after their dinghy capsized on Milford Haven waterway.
Byron and Teresa Richards from Margam, Port Talbot, were sailing from Ferry Point to their 28-foot yacht moored at Rudders Boat Yard, Milford Haven, when they got into difficulty after the strong ebb tide caught them by surprise and overturned their eight-foot craft at approximately 10 pm.
The couple and their dog, Rosie, who were all wearing life-jackets, spent approximately 50 minutes in the water, before being rescued after numerous 999 calls were made reporting people shouting and blowing whistles for help in the Cleddau River.
The 46-year-old woman and the dog were recovered by the 'Inca', a vessel belonging to Neyland Yacht Club, while the man was picked up at the opposite end of the river by the Port Authority boat, the 'Hakin'.
The two casualties were taken to Carr Jetty, Pembroke Dock, from where they were conveyed to Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest, by ambulance.
Both Angle lifeboat and the inshore lifeboat, together with coastguards from St. Govan's and Manorbier, South Pembs. sector manager Dave Miller, police, fire brigade and two ambulance crews attended the incident, to which a rescue helicopter was also scrambled.
Milford Haven Coastguard Watch manager, Andrew Hodgson, said: "Due to the spring tides we are experiencing at present the casualties drifted at two to three miles down river; the success of this incident relies on the responsible behaviour of the sailors wearing a life jacket. As in this case, it has saved their lives without any doubt."