Saturday Night Launch for Largs lifeboat.
At 6.45 pm. Largs lifeboat launched to the assistance of a small motor cruiser with mechanical failure and 5 persons on board.
Members of the lifeboat crew boarded the vessel in order to identify the engine fault, after examination and attempts to start the engine failed it was decided to put the vessel on a nearby safe mooring.
The 5 occupants were then transferred to Tighnabruaich where they were handed over to the safe hands of the local Coastguard Rescue Team.
The lifeboat R A Wilson returned to Largs to be prepared for her next service.
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