Abandoned boat sinks under tow to Wick
Published: 16:36, 22 May 2014
| Updated: 16:46, 22 May 2014
WICK Lifeboat was launched after a small vessel was reported floating almost 30 miles off the east Caithness coast with nobody aboard.
The skipper of the Cordelia-K fishing boat contacted Shetland Coastguard at 1.15 on Wednesday afternoon after spotting the abandoned 16 foot-long open-topped vessel.
Rescue teams verified the boat September Mist had drifted along the Moray coast from Fraserburgh after crashing against rocks on the north-east coast last week.
Wick Lifeboat took the vessel in tow but during the operation, due to its damaged condition, the September Mist sank 15 miles from the port.
Read the full story in Friday’s John O’Groat Journal.