Oban RNLI lifeboat Mora Edith MacDonald was called into action yesterday afternoon (Monday) twice in rapid succession. The first shout was to help a yacht which had run aground, but shortly after being stood down, the volunteer crew were tasked for a second time. The crew were first asked to launch at 3.28pm to a yacht with two persons aboard that had grounded on a rock to the north of the Isle of Jura. The lifeboat left with seven crew aboard but as it reached the south end of Kerrera it was established that the yacht had been assisted by another vessel. Just after 4pm, as the lifeboat made her way back in to Oban Bay, the second call came in. A yacht with two persons aboard requested assistance in the Firth of Lorn, just west of the Garvellachs. The crew arrived on scene by 4.45pm. A tow line was passed to the vessel and best course set for Oban. The lifeboat arrived in back in the bay at 6.52pm, when the yacht was transferred to an alongside tow, and safely berthed at the transit marina with the help of Oban’s Coastguard Rescue Team. The lifeboat then returned to the station where she was refuelled and ready for service again by 7.24pm.