Loch Ness Lifeboat drama.
This report was forwarded this morning by the RNLI Press Officer for the Loch Ness lifeboat.
"22 September 2009
Gale force winds create Loch drama.
Winds at gale force 8 created atrocious conditions on Loch Ness today, swamping a canoe with six people on board.
Loch Ness RNLI volunteer crew launched just after 1pm on Tuesday 22nd September, to locate a group of holidaymakers from Yorkshire whose nine metre canoe had been flooded by waves during terrible weather conditions,
The canoeists had been able to make for the land but were isolated on a very rough shoreline at the bottom of a steep slope about a mile from the nearest road.
Two of the party set off to to reach an area where either their mobile phones would work or they could use a landline. It was about an hour before they were able to make contact with the Coastguard in Aberdeen via a 999 call.
The RNLI Atlantic 75 rescue boat, led by Helm Stuart Latham, with Drew Taylor and Joy Cameron as crew, headed for a location described as being opposite Invermoriston on the southern shore of the loch.
They came across a group of ten canoeists who had also been forced ashore but had decided to set up camp and ride out the sever weather. This group were tired but willing to fend for themselves for the night.
The missing four canoeists were found approximately 200 metres south of this location and were brought onto the lifeboat after crew member Joy Cameron swam in to the shore to asses the condition of the group.
The lifeboat was forced to stand-off the shoreline as the conditions were so severe. The four people were taken to Foyers and met up with the remaining two. They planned to stay the night in the Foyers area and re-asses the situation in the morning.
Loch Ness RNLI Helm, Stuart Latham, says :'The conditions were awful and required the crew to work very hard and as a team.' 'we often practice in similar conditions to prepare ourselves for events like this.'
The canoe, a bellboat twin hulled craft similar to a catamaran, was left on the shoreline for recovery at a later date.
The whole operation took about two hours and after which the lifeboat was returned to station and prepared for service."
"22 September 2009
Gale force winds create Loch drama.
Winds at gale force 8 created atrocious conditions on Loch Ness today, swamping a canoe with six people on board.
Loch Ness RNLI volunteer crew launched just after 1pm on Tuesday 22nd September, to locate a group of holidaymakers from Yorkshire whose nine metre canoe had been flooded by waves during terrible weather conditions,The canoeists had been able to make for the land but were isolated on a very rough shoreline at the bottom of a steep slope about a mile from the nearest road.
Two of the party set off to to reach an area where either their mobile phones would work or they could use a landline. It was about an hour before they were able to make contact with the Coastguard in Aberdeen via a 999 call.
The RNLI Atlantic 75 rescue boat, led by Helm Stuart Latham, with Drew Taylor and Joy Cameron as crew, headed for a location described as being opposite Invermoriston on the southern shore of the loch.
They came across a group of ten canoeists who had also been forced ashore but had decided to set up camp and ride out the sever weather. This group were tired but willing to fend for themselves for the night.
The missing four canoeists were found approximately 200 metres south of this location and were brought onto the lifeboat after crew member Joy Cameron swam in to the shore to asses the condition of the group.
The lifeboat was forced to stand-off the shoreline as the conditions were so severe. The four people were taken to Foyers and met up with the remaining two. They planned to stay the night in the Foyers area and re-asses the situation in the morning.
Loch Ness RNLI Helm, Stuart Latham, says :'The conditions were awful and required the crew to work very hard and as a team.' 'we often practice in similar conditions to prepare ourselves for events like this.'
The canoe, a bellboat twin hulled craft similar to a catamaran, was left on the shoreline for recovery at a later date.
The whole operation took about two hours and after which the lifeboat was returned to station and prepared for service."
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