Great work once again from our local RNLI team!
A crew of volunteers from Donaghadee RNLI were called to assist a yacht in difficulty off the Co Down coast on Monday night.
In a north westerly wind, with good visibility, albeit fading light, and a calm sea state the crew were able to make full speed to the last reported location of the yacht and be on-scene with them at 8.45pm.During the passage volunteer crew member David Cull was able to liaise by VHF with the skipper of the yacht and reassure him that the lifeboat was en route with their estimated time of arrival, and give advice on how to make the yacht ready to receive a towline.
At an average speed of 7.5 knots, the lifeboat with the casualty vessel arrived at Bangor Harbour roughly 2.5 hrs later where it was passed into the care of the Coastguard Rescue Team. Philip McNamara, Donaghadee Lifeboat Coxswain said: "The skipper of this yacht did absolutely the correct thing in asking for assistance as soon as he knew he had an issue, and had everything ready to make it easy for us to quickly establish the tow once alongside.
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