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Tall ship aground off Oban

The Oban Lifeboat was tasked on Aug 30, 2014, at 2:37 p.m. by Stornoway Coastguard to assist athe "Flying Durchman" which had gone aground on a reef known as "The Scrat" in Oban Bay. ​The vessel had fortunately gone aground only an hour after low water. This meant that the safest option for both the vessel and the people onboard was simply to wait for the rising tide to float the vessel off. However, when any vessel runs aground there is always the possibility of damage being sustained so to ensure the safety of all passengers they were disembarked by two local RIBs. The Oban Lifeboat "Mora Edith MacDonald" remained by the vessel until she was safely free of the reef a few hours later. One of the volunteer crew was placed aboard the vessel throughout this time to provide any necessary assistance to the crew. Once the vessel was afloat a towline was passed and she was taken to the North Pier in Oban. The lifeboat then returned to station shortly after 6 p.m. Report with photo: http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/Oban-Lifeboat-assists-sailing-ship.aspx