West Coast Lifeboats Busy September.
Oban RNLI lifeboat station had a busy month last month September.
On September 4 The towns lifeboat Mora Edith MacDonald, was called out at about 1-45am to assist in the recovery of a young man spotted by police in the sea just off Railway Pier. When the lifeboat arrived on the scene at 1.48am the police had recovered the 18-year-old on the deck of a fishing boat from where the lifeboat took him to a waiting ambulance at the lifeboat station and on to Oban hospital.
On September 7 the Oban lifeboat were launched at 11-10am to go to the aid of canoeists who had capsized about a mile south of Easdale Island. A number of other boats also responded to the coastguard’s call for assistance and Oban lifeboat and the coastguard rescue helicopter arrived on scene shortly afterwards. Two people made it ashore . The coastguard helicopter had a paramedic on board and it was decided to transfer one of the people to hospital as they were suffering from the cold.
The next day the Oban lifeboat launched after receiving information from coastguard’s that an electronic man over board alarm had been activated by the fishing vessel Marelenn. The Life launched at 05-45am. The Lifeboat was informed that all was well and it was a alarm malfunction.
On the 15 September following a 99 call to Clyde Coastguard’s the Oban lifeboat was launched to recover an injured walker from the bothy at Inniemore Bay on the Morvern peninsula. The lifeboat launched at 1228pm and arrived on scene a sort time later . Two lifeboat crewmen were put ashore in their small craft. The 27 year old male casualty who had suffered a damaged ankle the night before was sheltering in the bothy. He was assisted to the small boat and taken to the all-weather lifeboat. The lifeboat arrived back at Oban at 1420pm and the injured walker was transferred to an ambulance and taken to Lorn and Isle District General Hospital.
For the Arran & Clyde lifeboat call outs see http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/scotland/stations/ArranLamlashStrathclyde/
