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Kris Gourlay

Edinburgh RNLI rescue two people stranded on Cramond Island and broken down boat

Edinburgh RNLI was called out to multiple stranded locals on two islands of the Firth of Forth over the weekend. On Sunday, July 3, the South Queensferry crew raced to a broken-down speedboat on Incholm Island.

On the way back from the distress call, the pagers sounded again later that afternoon for two people potentially stranded on the popular Cramond Island. Volunteers were deployed to rescue the individuals that had been caught out by the tide.

Posting the weekend's action on Facebook and highlighting their hard work, the South Queensferry RNLI team said: "Sunday, 3rd July, the lifeboat was called out in back-to-back calls for people stranded on two islands of the Firth of Forth.

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