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Oban Lifeboat launch to yacht aground – the famous Quest II

This afternoon (21st September) the Oban RNLI lifeboat launched at 12.48 to assist the 34 foot yacht Quest II with four people aboard. She was aground on rocks at Camus a Nathais in Loch Linnhe.By the...

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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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Story of Oban Lifeboat local Waterstone’s 2009 Best Seller

The Story of Oban Lifeboat, written by former crew member, Willie Melville, has sold more than any other book this year at the Oban branch of bookseller, Waterstones.This is a significant achievement...

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Patrick Maclean: a man for all seas

Now Press Officer for the Oban Lifeboat, Patrick Maclean (‘Pat’ to his long-time lifeboating colleagues)  is something of a walking Tardis – a cultural time traveller with a foot in many places and...

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Oban Lifeboat’s 2009

The highlight of 2009 for the Oban RNLI Lifeboat station and for the crew was the publication of Willie Melville’s book: ‘The Story of Oban Lifeboat’. This went on to become the bestseller of the year...

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Willie Melville hands over £3,000 book royalties to Coxswain of Oban Lifeboat

Willie Melville, a former member of its crew, set himself a challenge a little while ago and wrote a History of the Oban Lifeboat.This was his contribution to fundraising for the lifeboat and from the...

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Oban lifeboat’s 2010 performance

2010 was a slightly busier year than the last few for Mora Edith Macdonald. She responded to 57 calls out. She’d had 51 in 2009 and 55 in 2008.What was a much higher than usual percentage of her work,...

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Oban lifeboat on speed launch to capsized canoeists

At 10.11 today, 7th September 2011, the Oban lifeboat was paged  for immediate launch – and launched three minutes later at 10.14.Two members of a party of three canoeists had capsized about a mile...

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Scottish Secretary has active Oban visit: Mora Edith Macdonald and Stramash

On Wednesday 1th February, Secretary of State for Scotland and Ileach, Alistair Carmichael, paid a visit to Oban with activities to the fore.He chose to visit the local station of the nation’s...

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Saturday launch for Oban lifeboat marked 500th service for its Medical Adviser

[Updated 20.00 below] On Saturday 12th April, Oban’s RNLI lifeboat, the redoubtable Mora Edith Macdonald, launched at 13.50 to assist the yacht Counterfeit aground in Loch Creran.The lifeboat was,...

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2000th shout today for Oban Lifeboat – to a diver with suspected bends

Oban Lifeboat was requested by Stornoway Coastguard this afternoon, 12th July, to launch to pick up a diver from his mother ship, Sound Diver. between Oban and Easdale Island.The diver had surfaced...

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Oban lifeboat: two shouts in one outing

The Oban lifeboat, the Mora Edith Macdonald, was tasked today, 26th July, by Stornoway Coastguard to attend the 33ft yacht, Braw Lass, aground on rocks in Cuan Sound in the Slate Isles.The lifeboat...

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Oban lifeboat on shout to yet another grounded yacht

Oban’s RNLI lifeboat launched this morning, 6th October, to the aid of a yacht with two people onboard that had run aground off Eliean Mor, near Dunstaffanage. This is yet another grounding in a season...

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