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Fish farm support vessel towed distressed yacht

In the morning of July 26, 2017, the "Voe Jarl" responded to the mayday call from a yacht which had lost power and was drifting off Ardnamurchan Point, the most westerly point of the British mainland. The yacht, a 12 metre converted fishing vessel with three people on board, had suffered a complete power failure making VHF communications with the Coastguard and other vessels difficult. The RNLI in Tobermory deployed the "Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey" at 08.45 a.m. and made best speed in poor visibility to the last known location of the yacht. The crew of the fish farm support vessel managed to pass a tow to the yacht. On arriving at the scene, the lifeboat went alongside the yacht and the RNLI volunteers passed a handheld VHF radio to its crew to enable better radio communications. The "Voe Jarl" then dropped its towline to enable the lifeboat to pass a tow rope to the yacht. The lifeboat then towed the yacht to Tobermory Bay. Report with photo: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2017/july/26/tobermory-rnli-lifeboat-responds-to-mayday-call-from-yacht