RNLI Aith given £5000 cheque!
Volunteer crew members of RNLI Aith lifeboat station were delighted to accept a cheque for £5000, from Captain Marius Joensen last week.
Captain Joensen had been aboard the fish carrier Migdale, which the RNLI lifeboat Charles Lidbury had been called out to help, on 24 February 2018.
The vessel had encountered propulsion problems, and was drifting, when met by the lifeboat, at around five nautical miles north east of the isle of Foula.
RNLI Charles Lidbury had then towed the Migdale back to Aith, to await collection from a tug.
Captain Joenson said he was very grateful for the help from the volunteer crew, and he realised that the outcome on that day could have been much worse, had the RNLI lifeboat Charles Lidbury not come to their rescue.
Engineer John Robertson thanked Captain Joensen for the donation and said that this was what the charity did - saved lives at sea.Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and, in a normal year, more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.
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