The ferry will resume service on the route between Oban and Craignure where it is filling in for the MV Isle of Mull.
Councillors have backed building a new high school in Tobermory but campaigners want a more central location.
The decision means pupils in the south of the island would still have to travel to the mainland by ferry to attend boarding school.
Gusts of 82mph were recorded at Kirkwall on Orkney and at South Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
CalMac has set out a series of issues affecting a number of its west coast ferries and services.
Routine repairs to the boat were delayed before it broke down on the Pentland Firth.
MV Loch Frisa will eventually take over the Oban-Craignure route on Scotland's west coast.
MV Lord of the Isles' withdrawal from its South Uist route played a part in wider network disruption.
A Scottish government suggestion for tunnels or bridges for some islands receives a mixed reaction.
