Monday, July 18, 2011

Lousy day for some

On our return from Craignure I could hear the local lifeboat and the
Coastguard discussing a nautical casualty. It wasn't until we were in
Oban Bay that we could see very clearly the fishing boat Gleaner hard
aground on, colloquily know as, the Isle of Arran bank. Low water
isn't until 15:30 so he won't be going anywhere until this evening.
Apologies for the quality of the photo, the iPhone camera isn't up to much.
Post script.  The vessel was re-floated at 20:00 this evening and moved back alongside under its own steam.  Here's a link to the BBC news http://goo.gl/VKIY3

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