Sir Charles McGrigor (convenor of the Scottish Lifeboat Council) and Lady McGrigor recently attended a reception and presentation at Oban Distillery. Also present were members of Oban lifeboat crew and Captain Norman MacLeod, station honorary secretary.

The chairman of United Distillers, Tony Greener, presented a cask of malt whisky to Oban station branch in recognition of the close connection between the RNLI and the company - for the past six years distillery employees have supported the station's annual fundraising events.

The cask will lie unopened until 2012 when it will be auctioned on behalf of the lifeboat station to celebrate its 40th anniversary..