Lough Neagh Rescue were tasked to the Coney Island area late last night after seven people found themselves in difficulty.
Shore crew were paged shortly after 9pm on Saturday to two vessels which appeared to have been struck.
The vessels were approximately in 1-2ft of water, which coastguards say made access more difficult.
A spokesperson for Lough Neagh Rescue added: "And with an onshore wind added to the equation creating a lot of swell. But we were able to make contact and access both casualty and vessels.
"We carried out a lee shore rescue with two crew entering the water and were able to get a tow rigged onto the first vessel with three casualties onboard and brought to safety in Maghery to awaiting shore crew and Lough Neagh Coastguard Rescue Team were present
"Decision was made to launch our swift water boat from the slip at Maghery to assist with bringing casualties off the other vessel. With conditions being challenging this was not an easy task. Once in position our milpro boat was able to pick up the casualties and transferred another four people to the main lifeboat to be taken to safety in Maghery slipway.
"When all casualties were safe and accounted for our boats proceeded back out to attempt and remove the vessel from rocks, after a lot of effort our crews were able to get the vessel floating and commenced a tow back to Maghery, once the vessel was tied up our crew proceeded back to base boat and [our] van [was] back in base at 4am and refuelled for the next tasking."
