Dangerous weather conditions ensured a nail-biting day for finalists in the Coastal World Rowing Championships in Plymouth.

But organisers managed to pull off the global event after facing the huge challenges of finding last-minute contingency routes to ensure the safety of competitors, according to regional Plymouth newspaper the Herald.

A Plymouth team won the women's quads final of the FISA championships hosted by the Mayflower Offshore Rowing Club, which saw men and women also competing in singles and doubles races.

After the start of the finals on Saturday was delayed from 10:00 to 13:00 (BST), the afternoon's action had to be pulled in from open water to the Cattewater Estuary.

This was the first time the UK had played host to the championships, which are patronised by Olympic rower and five-times gold medallist Sir Steven Redgrave.

Race organiser Geoff Hammond, said that the conditions on Plymouth Sound were "on the edge".

"They were a risk too far, so we had to pull the race right back into the Cattewater Estuary, just in front of the Hoe," he said. "It was the only place that had any shelter."