Extreme easterly sea conditions are being blamed for the sinking of the Sallyforth – one of the Holy Isle ferries – in Lamlash Bay on Saturday.
According to owner Tom Sheldon the front wheelhouse windows were ‘stoved in by the water and it quickly started to fill up’.
See the Arran Banner edition of June 23 2012 for the full story. Banner also available on line at www.arranbanner.co.uk/digital
