A dozen stranded people had to be rescued by the RNLI on Monday morning after a dramatic incident saw a number of lifeboats sent out off the coast of Cork.
Courtmacsherry RNLI's all-weather Trent class lifeboat Frederick Storey Cockburn was called out at around 11.40am to go to the aid of a 40ft pleasure boat that sought assistance three miles off the Seven Heads in West Cork.
The seven-strong crew set off and reached the stranded boat half an hour later.
After assessing the boat's condition and finding its navigation systems completely disabled, the RNLI crew attached a towline and began slowly hauling the boat and the 12 people aboard back to the port of Courtmascherry, where they arrived safely at 1.30pm.
The Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat voluntary Lifeboat Operations Manager Brian O Dwyer said: "It was very prudent to be alerted so quickly of the difficulties onboard the pleasure boat this morning and great that the lifeboat was able to bring the casualty back smoothly to Courtmacsherry Harbour on this our nineteenth call out of 2021."
The Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat crew involved in the call out were Coxswain Mark Gannon, mechanic Stuart Russell and crew members Mark John Gannon, Ciaran Hurley, Jim O Donnell, Dave Philips and Conor Tyndall.
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