A Mowi workboat skipper on only his second shift came to the rescue of a German sailing duo last Friday. Lewis Gibson, skipper of the Beinn Mowi, and his deckhand Lewis Sneddon, noticed the 36-foot German-flagged sailing yacht Joenathe was drifting towards Kingairloch salmon farm in Loch Linnhe where the workboat was moored.

A trainee salmon farm manager has recounted how he and colleagues made a “mad dash” to help a sailor after seeing a 40-foot yacht in trouble on Loch Eriboll, Sutherland, in severe weather.