Adrift off Linga

TWO tourists visiting Shetland had an unexpected end to a three hour boat trip when they broke down in deep water and had to be towed five miles back to safety.

Tour operator Jim Dickson, from Brae, had taken the pair on a three hour jaunt around Muckle Roe in his motor launch Tak Hunter when they came to a sudden stop just south of the isle of Linga in Swarbacks Minn.

Dickson called the coastguard who sent the Aith lifeboat to the rescue around noon and towed them back to the Brae marina.

“We think it’s a suspected crankshaft failure,” Dickson said, after lifting the boat out of the water and calling out a local engineer.