Volunteers at Kilmore Quay RNLI were called upon to go to the aid of an American yacht with three people on board Wednesday morning (17 December). The yacht was experiencing difficult conditions during the early hours of Wednesday morning. The 42 foot yacht which was on passage from Falmouth in the UK to Crosshaven in Cork had three people on board. The crew encountered some damage to their rigging, being forced to alter course and run before the South-West wind that was blowing at a force six. The yacht was 12 miles to the South of Kilmore Quay at 11pm when it put in a call to the Coast Guard for help. Kilmore Quay’s all-weather lifeboat Killarney left the harbour at 11.15pm and was alongside the yacht at ten to midnight. A tow rope was passed to the yacht and its was towed back to the marina at Kilmore Quay arriving in at 2.30am.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:23:03 +0000