Two RNLI lifeboats have assisted in rescuing a stranded fishing vessel near Skye.
RNLI lifeboats from Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh were called at 6.45am on Wednesday to help the men aboard a fishing vessel, which was stranded in the area to the south of Kyleakin and Kyle of Lochalsh.
The 10-metre vessel was travelling through the Kylerhea narrows when it started to suffer from an electrical problem. It then ran aground and became stuck due to the turning of the tide.
A coastguard spokesman said: “We were called at 6.45am from a fishing vessel with two crew members onboard who had become stranded.
“The vessel was at Kylerhea, which is south of Kyle of Lochalsh and Kyleakin in the waters between the mainland near Glenelg and Skye.”
Escorted back to Kyleakin harbour
Responding to their first callout of 2022, Kyle lifeboat was first to arrive at 7.30am. They quickly put a team member and water pump on board the fishing vessel to help assess the situation and to make sure the boat was not taking on water.
Due to rapidly changing tides, both teams decided that Mallaig lifeboat would quickly establish a tow between them and the casualty vessel.
Once the fishing vessel was refloated at 8.15am, they managed to restart the engine. The fishing vessel made its way to Kyleakin harbour shadowed by Mallaig and Kyle lifeboat at different intervals through the narrows.
Once docked into the harbour, repairs were made to the vessel and Kyle and Mallaig returned to station.
