10Jan - Fishing vessel Ulysses taking water off Cape Wrath but still steaming east.Stornaway Helicopter Mike Uniform enroute with pumps. Lifeboat launched to assist at 0650hrs in Northerly wind and sea conditions Force7-8.Alongside casualty at west side entrance of LochErribol where he was heading to Rispond harbour but was advised by Coxswain Munro to head east to Scrabster escorted by us with 2 pumps from the chopper coping with the water levels onboard. Arrived safely back in Scrabster 7 hrs after launching at 1420hrs.

08Feb - Crabber Boy Shane suffered engine failure 12NW of Holburn Hd.Launched at 1200hrs in moderate sea conditions with a force 5 Easterly wind. We secured a bow bridle and towrope at 1250hrs and towed the vessel to Scrabster at 6kts arriving ar 1500hrs.  

24Feb - RIB reported missing, last seen at Dunnet Hd launched to search area but was stood down when the casaulty reported in to Aberdeen C/G.

30Apr - Fishing vessel Genisis suffered engine failure 2nm west of Stroma where immediate assistance was required.Lifeboat launched at 1400hrs to secure a tow to the large fishing vessel to just hold in a safe position until a large tug from Scapa flow could tow to safety.

07Jun - Angling boat Firefly suffered engine failure at Dunnet Hd in good weather and visibility.Towed back to harbour.

12Jun - Sailing yacht Annette reported to Aberdeen C/G a Man over Board while on passage from the Orkney`s west.The man was on watch alone and when crew went ondeck he was gone.His last radio contact was some hours before so a large area around Cape Wrath required searching.Thurso Lifeboat was launched with DDI John Davies and 1st Aid Trainer Steve ........ aboard but were stood down 45minutes west,when the Stornoway Helicopter located a body 10 nm east of Cape Wrath.

29Jun - Local Jetski fouled on creel rope,with 2 riders taken aboard and ski towed back to harbour from Rockwell.

02Aug - E.p.i.r.b.(emergency position indicating radio beacon) signal received by Aberdeen Coastguard , 6nm North of Strathy Pt. Lifeboat launched at 1345hrs and searched area from N58.54.00  W004.03.00 expanding to 12nm radius. Nothing Found.

12Sep - Hazard to shipping reported 2nm North of Dunnet Hd. Launched at 1517hrs to investigate which turned out to be a whale carcass which was slowly sinking and not deemed a hazard to shipping.

18Sept - Crabber Good Prospect suffered engine failure 9nm off Strathy Pt. Lifeboat launched at 2040hrs in NW 7-8 wind and rough sea conditions.Tow established at 2135 and vessel and crew towed to Scrabster arriving at 0050hrs.

5Nov - Missing vessel Boy John on passage from Aberdeen with no Navigational equipment reported to Aberdeen C/G by mobile phone(which was later traced to Pentland Firth area)that he was lost and thought he was about the Dornoch Firth area but was actually broken down in the Pentland Firth.Thurso and Longhope Lifeboats were launched to search the area at 0020hrs in rough sea conditions with a SW 7-8 wind.We were tasked to search along the mainland shore from Dunnet Hd thro the inner channel at Stroma to Duncansby Hd looking for two small red and green lights in a black dark winters night.Later we were joined by Rescue 137 the RAF Lossiemouth helicopter and many Coastguard teams on the mainland and Orkney side. We had just arrived at the southeast corner of Stroma when the St Margarets Hope c/g team reported that they thought they could see small lights on a bearing from South Ronaldsay to Stroma light.The chopper was deployed to investigate and confirmed it was the casualty who was drifting dangerously near the rocks on Swona.Both Lifeboats were deployed post haste. Meantime the Helicopter winchman was lowered to the deck of the casualty because the 1 person on board seemed to be unable to help himself and a line had to be attached. Longhope arrived on scene with seconds to spare and had to tow the Boy John (with winchman still aboard )off the shear cliff face by the stern.Once clear of the rocks the tow was swapped to the bow of the casualty by the winchman who was then lifted back to the chopper.It was decided then to tow the stricken boat back to Longhope as the weather had now deteriorated to very rough. Thurso escorted the tow into Scapa Flow and then turned for a very bouncy run home crossing the firth and arriving home at 0500hrs.                      

06Dec - Missing person thought to be on shoreline between Scrabster and Thurso. Boat launched at 1750hrs in moderate seas with a SW4-5 wind and poor visibilty. Area searched by Lifeboat and small Y-boat closer to shore but nothing found. Stood down at 2300hrs when person located and taken to hospital by helicopter.

Thats it for 2007 folks. see you in 2008................