Busy weekend for staff at Arbroath lifeboat station

The volunteer crew at Arbroath lifeboat station were kept busy at the weekend, with two launches and assistance provided in a third incident.

Saturday morning saw the first of the action when the RNLI crew were on hand to help a yacht in the harbour which had a fouled propeller.

Members of the crew entered the water and were able to free up the yacht. Then, at approximately 1.30pm, the inshore lifeboat was launched to assist another yacht approximately a mile off Elliot beach.

The yacht, which bore two crew members and was heading for Eyemouth, had also suffered a fouled propeller, which the RNLI crew were again able to free up.

In the third incident of the weekend the inshore lifeboat launched to assist a rib which had run out of fuel and had begun drifting in a half-metre swell 100 yards from the harbour.

The call for assistance was received at approximately 10.45pm and the lifeboat crew were quickly on the scene to tow the vessel back to harbour.

It was a significant moment for young RNLI crew member Stuart Hadden who was a member of the three-man crew attending a ‘shout’ for the first time.