Lifeboat crews save yacht following early morning Mayday call By Andrew Clark July 6 2015, 7:53 am July 6 2015, 7:53 am Share Lifeboat crews save yacht following early morning Mayday call Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/629879/lifebooat-crews-save-yacht-following-early-morning-mayday-call/ Copy Link A yacht with two people on board has been towed to safety after the boat’s engine failed in the early hours of this morning. The vessel, Getaway, put out a Mayday call at 3.35am this morning when it ran aground and the boat’s engine failed. Lerwick and Sumburgh Coastguard crews both attended the scene to help the boat which was drifting onto rocks in Grutness Bay, Shetland. A local fishing vessel also helped to tow the yacht off the rocks. Lerwick RNLI all-weather lifeboat then took over and began towing the vessel back to Lerwick, which took three hours.
