Islay RNLI Lifeboat Called to the Aid of a Motor Cruiser
Islay RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew were called by Belfast Coastguard to find and help the crew of a motor cruiser that appeared to be unable to navigate and was lost in bad weather.
On Tuesday 25 September the lifeboat was paged at 2.43pm by Belfast Coastguard who had been notified that a 40 foot motor cruiser, with four of a crew and a dog, was somewhere off the West Coast of Islay and had a navigational system failure. Subsequently it was discovered that she was in fact off the south east coast of Jura.
Although conditions in the Sound of Islay were reasonably calm at the time, it was very stormy in the open water south of Islay and Jura and the cruiser was taking on some water. By the time that the Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit II had located her she was safely alongside the pontoons in Craighouse Bay with the local coastguards in attendance. Having ascertained that the cruiser was no longer in danger the lifeboat was able to return to the station and was made ready for service again at 4.40pm
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