OBAN RNLI lifeboat was called out on Thursday December 15 following a mayday call from a cargo boat aground under Connel bridge.
At 3.10pm the lifeboat was tasked to respond to the call for help from the Havgul. The vessel had been entering Loch Etive during the short period of slack water.
The RNLI said that at peak flow on a spring tide, the falls can run at up to 12 knots with more than 4,600 tons of water passing through the narrow gap every second. Fortunately, the grounding took place at slack water.