The vessel with Russian citizens aboard had been detained in the Sea of Japan was projected to arrive in Vladivostok on Tuesday, a Seven Feet yacht club spokeswoman said.
According to BBC, the North Korean officials said the detention, which saw the yacht towed into Kimchaek port, was a misunderstanding.
On Saturday, reports emerged that North Korea’s coast guard had detained the Elfin, a Russian yacht with a crew of five, the crew members were athletes from Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky Territory.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday that a note was sent to the North Korean authorities seeking an explanation for the boat’s detention.