The 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.
The 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. Read More...
The 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. Read More...
The 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. Read More...