Lifeboat in action

On Sunday afternoon, RNLI Lifeboat from the Dromineer Station was launched following a request from Valentia Coast Guard to assist thee people on a 19ft speedboat, broken down and drifting at a location southwest of Parker's Point.

 

En route back to station, as the lifeboat approached the Mountaineer buoy they saw a cruiser passing on the wrong side of the marker. The lifeboat advised the skipper that there was a rocky shelf from the buoy to the shoreline and to stay on the navigation route, which they did. A motor-sailing vessel was also navigating inside the same buoy and when advised by the lifeboat, also changed course to pass on the correct side of the mark in safe water.

 

The lifeboat returned to station and was ready for service again at 6.45pm