After some thirty six hours marooned on a LochLong sandbank and with a little help from the Ben-Crom, the Golden Cross was finally reunited with her mooring early this afternoon. More photographs and video of the operation to follow.
Video: Northern Bottlenose Whale in Loch Long
[Updated 4 Sept. 2012]
The following is a clip from the LochLongCam.com webcam filmed on Tuesday 28 August, 2012 off Coulport.
As requested by several of our visitors, we have posted below the full sequence of still images of the whale.
[Update 3 Sept. 18.30] The Ardentinny.org photograph offers a complete picture and The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) have identified this one as a Northern Bottlenose whale. More at ForArgyll.com.
[Update 3 Sept.] One contributor in our Facebook page thinks it’s a Northern Bottlenose Whale. Our money’s on this suggestion!
With reports in the last few days of a Minke Whale being spotted in Loch Long at Ardmay. Is this photograph (taken this afternoon) of a porpoise or Minke Whale? Answers below please or on our new Facebook page.
Loch Long webcam catches runaway tug
As the tugboat Golden Cross remains stuck on an Ardentinny sandbank this morning, video has emerged of the vessel drifting from its mooring early on Monday morning. The clip from the LochLongCam.com webcam shows the vessel passing the beach opposite the Outdoor Centre at 5.41am.
Adrift historic tug awaits rescue on Ardentinny sandbank
Vintage tugboat Golden Cross is this afternoon lodged on a sandbank off Ardentinny beach. The historic ship which has been moored off Ardentinny since April appears to have broken free from its mooring overnight and drifted towards the beach. According to a villager, an MOD police launch was seen in the vicinity of the marooned boat early this morning. See the LochLongCam.com webcam for latest live pictures.