Proud of our lifesavers

Living with the sea

Marsali Taylor sails an Offshore 8M, Karima S. She’s a dinghy instructor and author of The Shetland Sailing Mysteries starring liveaboard sleuth, Cass Lynch.

There can’t be many households here in Aith who aren’t involved with the lifeboat in some way. There’s the 30+ roster of crew, some of whom are third-generation volunteers. When the maroons used to go off, you’d see lights in all the houses as the whole village going out, and bush telegraph soon spreads word of what the casualty is, and where.