ISLAY RNLI volunteer lifeboat helped a disabled fishing vessel and her crew of three in the Sound of Jura early in the evening of Saturday January 27.
The 10-metre fishing boat was making her way to Stornoway but, while in the Sound of Jura and six miles south of Crinan, with a strong westerly wind blowing, the engine overheated and had to be shut down.
The crew notified Belfast Coastguard of their problem and the Coastguard immediately called the Islay lifeboat station at 4.49pm. The Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit II was launched at 5.18pm with a crew of seven on board.