Lifeboat assists yacht on lough derg

On Thursday afternoon, Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat was called out to assist five people on board a 49ft (15m) yacht reported aground by Castletown Harbour on the County Clare shore.

 

After a thorough search, the lifeboat informed Valentia Coast Guard they did not locate a vessel matching the description given, in either Castletown Harbour or Dromane Harbour, close by. The lifeboat was requested to travel south and check another location at Church Bay, on the Clare shore. The lifeboat located the cruiser at Parkers Point, on the Tipperary shore, it had suffered engine failure, the water depth at their location was 14.9ft.

 

All five people were safe and unharmed, they were requested to put on their lifejackets. An RNLI volunteer was transferred across to the casualty vessel, where he reassured everyone. He established that in addition to engine failure, the boat had no steering. The cruiser was taken under tow to the closest harbour, Garrykennedy, where it was safely tied alongside.