Tobermory RNLI’s volunteer crew responded to a mayday call off the west coast of Mull on Sunday afternoon, September 30. The lifeboat launched at 1.45pm into a north-westerly wind blowing force five to six.
The initial information from Stornoway Coastguard was that a vessel with one person on board was taking on water somewhere between Tobermory and Staff a. Tobermory’s Severn-class lifeboat, Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey, was joined in the search by a number of other vessels, including the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry MV Loch Tarbert and MV Voe Jarl as well as the UK Coastguard’s search and rescue helicopter based at Prestwick.