Lifeboat aids grounded yacht at Mallaig Harbour By Rita Campbell June 30 2014, 7:11 am June 30 2014, 7:11 am Share Lifeboat aids grounded yacht at Mallaig Harbour Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/270662/lifeboat-aids-grounded-yacht-at-mallaig-harbour/ Copy Link The lifeboat crew found the man who had been stranded all night Rescuers went to the aid of a catamaran yacht with two people on board which hit rocks at the entrance to Mallaig Harbour yesterday. The crew of the 38ft Eskimo called Stornoway Coastguard at 11.45am. A spokesman for the coastguard said: “Mallaig Lifeboat went to the scene. Unfortunately, when the lifeboat got there the yacht was hard aground. “They had to wait for the tide to come in so that they were able to get off. The lifeboat stood by with them.” The yacht was refloated by 5.30pm when it was escorted to Mallaig by the lifeboat.
