Tobermory RNLI hosted three Senior Maritime Operations Officers from Stornoway Coastguard Operations Centre on Saturday 1 September 2018 and everyone was able to put faces to voices.
In the event of an incident at sea, it is almost always the staff at Stornoway Coastguard Operations Centre (CGOC) who alert Tobermory RNLI’s launch authorities and request the assistance of Tobermory RNLI’s Severn class lifeboat, Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey. The launch authorities and boat’s officers are in regular contact with staff at Stornoway CGOC by telephone and VHF not only during ‘shouts’ but also during routine exercises. The three visiting Senior Maritime Operations Officers were treated to tea and cakes in the station and met some of the volunteer crew and launch authorities before having a tour of Tobermory’s all weather lifeboat.