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THREE PEOPLE ABOARD a 35ft yacht have been rescued after getting into difficulty approximately two miles off the Dublin coast.
Members of Dun Laoghaire RNLI towed the three people to safety after the propeller on the yacht was fouled before 11 o’clock this morning.
The lifeboat arrived at the scene at 10.55am, and brought the yacht to Dun Laoghaire Harbour where it arrived at 12.00pm.
Earlier, the Irish Coastguard requested also the launch of Arklow Lifeboat after another crew got into difficulty further south off the coast of Wicklow at around 8.30am.
The crew supported the Wind Cat wind farm support vessel, whose two crew members were on their way out to works on the wind farm when the vessel got into difficulty.
The lifeboat crew discovered that the stricken vessel had lost propulsion due to an entanglement of rope in its propeller.
A tow line was rigged and the entanglement was cleared, and the motor vessel was towed back into Arklow Harbour, where all hands came ashore safely.
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I dont think the RNLI get enough credit for their heroics.
@still champ champ: great organisation
There are lots of fishing pots in Dublin Bay and it’s easy enough to get a propeller entangled in one of them. You have to always on the look out for them
Fouled! Was it 2 footed by a jetski
Whatever about the motor boat, the crew of a yacht with a fouled propeller does not need to be ‘rescued’. Any competent crew can easily sail a 35ft yacht into harbour without using the auxiliary engine. Of course assistance from the RNLI is always welcome when offered.
@Luan Willis:
So many variables to know before you cast aspersions!! Becalmed? Rope fouled rudder ? Rudder stock leaking? Injuries?
I don’t know the ins or outs but your comment is in an ideal world
@Richard Skelly: Touché. There may be more to the story that what The Journal reported to us.
Fouled! Was it two footed by a jet ski
WiFi’s at it again.
Fouled!Was it two footed by a jet ski
Fouled! Was it two footed by a jetski
Good man John…triple effect nonsense.
@silentbob2012: I hardly posted it 3 times purposely
@John Twamley: 4 times
@Paraic Malone: We want 5.
Saw the distress flair in Walkinstown.
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