Crosshaven Lifeboat in 3Hr Service

The Volunteer Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat were paged this afternoon ,shortly before 1pm after a 40’ yacht sent out a Mayday Radio call after becoming entangled in nets approximately 3 miles south of Roches Point and near to the Cork Buoy. The Lifeboat was launched within 6 minutes and was helmed by RNLI Volunteer Con Crowley with Vincent Fleming & Denis Cronin. On Scene, the angling boat “Jon Boy” and the yacht “Papillion” were standing by the stricken vessel in case they were needed. The lifeboat crew cut away the nets holding the yacht to the seabed and took her in tow to Crosshaven arriving at 4pm, 3hrs after launch. The Yacht was on passage from Kinsale to Helvick Head with 2 persons on board.