My RSS Feedhttp://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/index.htmlHot News!en2012-02-26T21:46:44+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:20:56 +0100Report of flare sightingNews2012-02-26T21:46:44+00:00http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/9232db2cdb757a2667f4609e6160a381-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/9232db2cdb757a2667f4609e6160a381-7.html#unique-entry-id-7Latest lifejackets a hit with the crewNews2012-01-17T21:53:02+00:00http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/5650b9ce3a80e370a526056d5658a992-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/5650b9ce3a80e370a526056d5658a992-6.html#unique-entry-id-6The latest investment in technology and design has brought an innovative new lifejacket to the volunteer crew at Loch Ness RNLI as part of a roll out programme that will see every RNLI station supplied with a piece of equipment that is better suited to the demanding rescue environment.

]]>First call out for new lifeboatNews2011-09-25T20:22:22+01:00http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/bec7083fa63efe6490a6813ab665e612-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/bec7083fa63efe6490a6813ab665e612-5.html#unique-entry-id-5A yacht with engine failure and signs of smoke lead to the first service launch for the new RNLI Loch Ness lifeboat, B737 Thelma Glossop.
]]>Cruiser grounded on rocksNews2011-09-09T22:33:58+01:00http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/340c2b22f8c8a7fbe042fe98841f27b0-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/340c2b22f8c8a7fbe042fe98841f27b0-4.html#unique-entry-id-4The lifeboat was diverted from a training exercise to a cruiser aground on rocks at the southern end of the loch on Friday morning. The cruiser, with four holidaymakers from Newcastle on board, had grounded on a rock shelf close to Cherry Island, near Fort Augustus.]]>Launch after report of hang gliderNews2011-08-21T01:22:00+01:00http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/c23cee93c6a3016a79052e3a707ecb19-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/c23cee93c6a3016a79052e3a707ecb19-3.html#unique-entry-id-3The RNLI volunteer lifeboat team on Loch Ness were launched just after 8pm on Saturday 20th August after a member of the public reported seeing a hang glider or microlight descending into the loch.
]]>Call outs to two capsized vesselsNews2011-08-15T17:01:52+01:00http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/e9ccbf9f7a057c7be94878f16527d91d-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://lochnesslifeboat.co.uk/blog/files/e9ccbf9f7a057c7be94878f16527d91d-0.html#unique-entry-id-0The charity’s volunteer crew members responded to an alert from Aberdeen Coastguard at 2.53pm on Friday 12 August after they had received a 999 call reporting a capsized sailing dinghy with persons in the water near the southern shore of the loch, opposite Urquhart Castle.
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