A woman was rushed to hospital on a lifeboat off the coast of Mull on Tuesday afternoon after sustaining a 'serious' head injury.
Tobermory RNLI's volunteer crew jumped to the aid of the female crew member of a yacht following an emergency alert by the UK Coastguard.
Lifeboat Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey was launched to the scene in the Sound of Mull and two crew who were transferred to the yacht quickly realised that the injured woman needed to be urgently evacuated to Oban for hospital care.
After transferring the casualty to the lifeboat and stabilising her, the crew proceeded full speed to Oban where they were met by Oban Coastguard Rescue Team and a paramedic.
Tobermory RNLI's Station Coxswain David McHaffie said: "Our crew are trained in casualty care and it is something which we practise regularly.
"All of us at the station send our best wishes to the lady and hope that she has a very speedy recovery."
Just 24 hours later, Tobermory RNLI's volunteer crew responded to their pagers again when they were tasked by the UK Coastguard to assist a yacht with engine failure in the Sound of Mull and they quickly brought into the safety of the pontoons.
This service to the yacht marked the first shout for Tobermory RNLI's newest volunteer crew member, Bobby MacLeod Gunn.
Bobby, who is 18 years old and still at school, joined the crew earlier this year and is following in a long family tradition at Tobermory RNLI lifeboat station.
Bobby's great-grandfather Bobby MacLeod, the acclaimed accordionist, was on the crew in the 1940s and was instrumental in the re-opening of the lifeboat station in 1990.
His grandfather, Robert M. MacLeod was a mechanic on the Waveney class lifeboat when the station re-opened and later became the honorary secretary (now known as lifeboat operations manager) and his father Paul 'Gunny' Gunn is the current station mechanic.
Bobby's uncles, Robert Norman MacLeod and Donald MacLeod also both served on the crew for many years.
The crew were alerted yet again just before 23:00 on Wednesday evening following a report of a flare being sighted in Gott Bay on the Isle of Tiree. The lifeboat was stood down after 80 minutes search had revealed nothing untoward.
Tobermory RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager Dr Sam Jones said: "This was a busy couple of days for our volunteers.
"The informant on Tiree did absolutely the right thing by calling the Coastguard. If you see anything which suggests that someone might be in trouble at sea, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard'."
