Two call outs for Tobermory RNLI at the weekend
Tobermory RNLI’s volunteer crew were paged twice by the UK Coastguard this weekend; responding to distress signals broadcast on Friday evening and then to assist a yacht with engine failure on Sunday afternoon.
On Friday 2 August at 8.30pm Tobermory RNLI were tasked by the UK Coastguard after a DSC (digital selective calling) distress signal was broadcast several times from a vessel in Tobermory Harbour. The Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey was prepared for service and stood by whilst the Tobermory Coastguard Rescue Team located the vessel where the distress signals were originating from. Once it was found that there was no one onboard the vessel and the DSC had not been activated by persons in distress, the volunteer crew were stood down.
The volunteer crew were paged for a second time during the weekend shortly after 4.30pm on Sunday 4 August. The UK Coastguard requested the launch of the all-weather lifeboat to assist a yacht on passage from Coll which had suffered engine failure. The yacht, with three persons onboard, was taken under tow from just outside Tobermory Bay and put on to a mooring in the harbour. The lifeboat returned to her berth and was made ready for service by 6pm.
Notes to editors
Tobermory RNLI's annual Lifeboat Day will take place on Sunday 11 August with a Harry Potter theme.
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Leanne Blair, Tobermory RNLI Volunteer Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer on 07711549609 or [email protected]
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Gemma McDonald, Regional Media Manager (Scotland), 07826 900639 or [email protected]
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