Tighnabruaich Lifeboat Station
| Inshore Lifeboat | |
|---|---|
| Launch Method | A85 Carriage |
| Address | The Harbour, Tighnabruaich, Argyll and Bute, PA21 2BE |
| Telephone | 01700 811609 |
Explore two centuries of RNLI lifeboat history, heroic rescues, and the enduring tradition of saving lives at sea.
In the scenic Kyles of Bute, on the Cowal peninsula, Tighnabruaich runs a fast Atlantic 85, covering a sheltered but busy stretch of yachting and leisure water in the southern Highlands. The RNLI established the station in 1967.
As the RNLI extended its network of inshore lifeboats, a station was opened at Tighnabruaich in 1967, with a D-class inshore lifeboat. The village sits on the Kyles of Bute, the narrow and scenic channel that separates the Isle of Bute from the Cowal peninsula — a popular cruising ground for yachts and motor cruisers.
The station was upgraded over the years — a faster C-class boat in 1995, then the larger Atlantic-class — to answer the growing leisure traffic of the Kyles and the upper Firth of Clyde.
Tighnabruaich now operates the Atlantic 85 James and Helen Mason, its rescues mainly to leisure craft in difficulty.
