Jim Moffat: Last News

Members of the Troon and Largs RNLI Lifeboat crews were summoned to help rescue 10 people on board a stricken vessel.

Ayrshire is saying farewell to his seafaring pals today.Walter Barr has been a vital crew member of Troon lifeboat for almost 28 years, but is now retiring from his position.Since July 1993, the self-employed joiner has been a volunteer crew member aboard two of the station's all-weather lifeboats Arun class ‘RNLB City of Glasgow III’ and the current Trent class lifeboat ‘RNLB Jim Moffat’.As a RNLI volunteer, Walter has been on-call 24/7 since he joined the lifeboat crew.At the unexpected sound of his RNLI pager, Walter has attended numerous callouts from searches, to towing in pleasure crafts, medical emergencies and vessels aground.Over the years, Walter has missed family events, been disturbed during the night and while working, he's

Troon Lifeboat crew were called out for the third time in as many days.They were summoned to reports of a possible person in the water at Ardrossan Harbour around 2.38pm yesterday afternoon.The crew responded and launched RNLI Trent class all-weather lifeboat ‘RNLB Jim Moffat’ to assist Ardrossan and Largs Coastguard rescue teams who had also been tasked.Thankfully, on arrival, it was established that the callout was a false alarm.As it turned out, it was not a person in the water.

Troon Lifeboat was called out twice on Saturday to attend two separate incidents.One involved a stricken vessel off the coast of Ardrossan and the other one involved the search for a missing person in Troon.A spokesperson for the RNLI Troon Lifeboat said: "At 10.42am on Saturday, March 27, Belfast Coastguard requested the launch of Troon lifeboat following a radio call from the crew onboard a 29ft yacht with engine failure two miles west of Ardrossan."The volunteer crew assembled and RNLI Trent class all-weather lifeboat ‘RNLB Jim Moffat’ was launched to assist."The lifeboat headed to the location of the casualty vessel and, on arrival, a tow was established by the lifeboat crew towards Ardrossan harbour – before it was secured.In the

Ayrshire coast today after a swimmer got into difficulty.

The Troon Lifeboat crew performed a sea rescue on Sunday after reports of a person in the water.They were called out to an incident involving a person  in the water  outside Troon harbour.Sunday’s incident took place at 8.21pm  as  the crew was paged by Belfast Coastguard.Also tasked by Belfast Coastguard was the Coastguard Helicopter Rescue 199, along with Ayr and Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Teams.Police Scotland were also informed of the incident and several officers attended the scene to assist.A report from the Troon RNLI said: “RNLI Trent class all-weather lifeboat ‘RNLB Jim Moffat’ quickly launched and, with the assistance of police officers on the shore and harbour wall, the location of the casualty in the water was identified.“Due