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Oban & Islay Lifeboats in major rescue in Corryvreckan

Two RNLI lifeboats – from Oban and from Islay – and an SAR (Search & Rescue) helicopter launched to the assistance of a Coaster in the Sound of Jura last night (15th December).The Oban lifeboat was...

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Tobermory lifeboat on night shout to distressed diver gets advantage of the...

Tobermory’s  lifeboat, Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey – a Severn Class, the largest the RNLI operate - launched just before 22.00 last night, 21st June and the Summer Solstice.She had been asked by Stornoway...

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MAIB report says Master of grounded MV Fri Ocean did not report incident to MCA

The grounding of the cargo ship. MV Fri Ocean on 14th June this year [2013] is the subject of a report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch published on 6th December.This was the event – which...

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Martin Briscoe: Sounds to Lochs: meet Sunart and Scavaig

Look familiar? Remember Sound of Sanda and Sound of Scalpay? Sound of Soay and Sound of Seil, their replacements in the Western Ferries vehicle and passenger ferry fleet are busy crunching the numbers...

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Martin Briscoe: Curiosity at Corpach

The Underwater Centre’s MV Loch Sunart was over in Corpach on Loch Linnhe outside Fort William all last week – because there was some sort of diving vessel or diving bell operating at the pier. I never...

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Martin Briscoe: MV Loch Sunart readies for new working life

[Updated with suite of photographs] From the look of work going on at Corpach, the Underwater Centre at Fort William is starting to get MV Loch Sunart ready for use by the Centre as a dive vessel.....

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Martin Briscoe at Fort William: Loch Sunart out to work, Loch Alainn in for a...

MV Loch Sunart – the former Western Ferries’ Sound of Scalpay, has now actually started work up at Fort William.I noticed on AIS that she was about a mile down the loch from Fort William late Monday...

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Martin Briscoe: Three Peaks Yacht Race – first arrivals in Loch Linnhe

[Update 23.30] The 2014 – and the original – Three Peaks Yacht Race, a marathon combination of yacht racing and fast hill climbing, left Barmouth in mid-Wales at 15.30 on Saturday 7th June.One of the...

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Martin Briscoe: MV Loch Alainn on sea trials out of Corpach

[Updated below 29th June] It looks as if Calmac’s Sound of Barra ferry, Loch Alainn might be nearing completion of repairs at Corpach on Loch Linnhe.She went down to near Corran yesterday morning,...

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Martin Briscoe: earth tremor at Fort William this evening

[Updated below 22.00] There was a very loud earth tremor in Fort William this evening - at around 19.35 – 1940: loud rumbling noise for what seemed a couple / few seconds.  Creaking noises and odd...

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Martin Briscoe: Draken Harald Hårfagre now through the Sound of Islay

Yesterday morning, 11th July, the biggest replica Viking warship, ever built, Draken Harald Hårfagre, was in the exit stages from the Caledonian Canal, headed for Birkenhead for repair and a new...

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Martin Briscoe: 500 mile Pedalo adventurers through the Caledonian canal;

It’s hardly surprising that many say it can’t be done – but that has not deterred the four driving a huge pedalo by their own muscle power around the coats of Scotland, on a circular course which...

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£1m grant lets new Corpach-Tilbury timber sea freight service take over 6k...

[Updated below 15.30] In an innovative move, Transport Minister Keith Brown has awarded £959,773 to Boyd Brothers Ltd for a new sea freight service.30% of the grant will come from the UK in a shared...

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MV Loch Alainn proves it cannot operate on Corran Narrows

Martin Briscoe wondered what CalMac’s MV Loch Alainn was up to yesterday, 4th January, when he heard the vessel talking to Loch Linnhe’s Corran Ferry on the marine radio band.  The first thought was...

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Martin Briscoe: Now its Fri Sea aground – at Corpach

About 07.40 this morning, 7th March, the MV Fri Sea went aground as she came in to berth at Corpach on Loch Linnhe at Fort William.It looks as if the strong winds that were blowing may have caught her...

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Martin Briscoe: MV Fri Sea refloated at Corpach

[Updated with evidential photograph below, 10th March] But it didn’t happen exactly like this.SD Kye of Lochalsh got her off at high water last night, 8th March and she’s now berthed at Corpach,...

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Martin Briscoe: Fri Sea – the evidence

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency note on the grounding of the MV Fri Sea says they were notified at midday on 5th March of the grounding at Corpach of MV Fri Sea.Then there is the question of whether...

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Furnace Quarry shipping stone again

This is time travelling is every way – Furnace Quarry, on the shore at the Loch Fyneside village, used to ship out over a million tonnes of crushed stone a year from timber pier, in boats loading up to...

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