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Posted on April 16, 2013April 16, 2013

Historic tug comes to rest in rocky inlet

HMRT Golden Cross is tonight lodged on sand in an inlet near Shepherds Point, Ardentinny, Argyll. The 58 year-old vessel, which broke its mooring in high winds early this morning, drifted off a sandbank near Sandy Beach at high tide.  She is now in relatively calm waters along the rocky shoreline. At dusk tonight, MOD …

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Posted on August 30, 2012August 30, 2012

Golden Cross: Unanswered questions

Related to the Golden Cross mooring incident reported earlier this week, we received the following email for publication from Mr. D. Symon which is reproduced here with his permission. Just a short note to let people know the facts about the mooring of the Golden Cross. The tug did not break or wear through her …

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Posted on August 28, 2012August 28, 2012

Reunited with her buoy

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.

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Posted on August 28, 2012August 28, 2012

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.

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Posted on April 16, 2012April 16, 2012

MoD Police to the rescue

In what appears to be the first rescue of the sailing season in our area, the MoD Police launch from Coulport assisted by an RIB craft this afternoon arrived at the Ardentinny moorings with a motor cruiser under tow.  A short while later the cruiser's engine was restarted and the boat headed down the Loch. …

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