#RESCUE - Brave volunteers from the Baltimore RNLI saved the day when they jumped aboard a runaway speedboat heading for a busy pier last Friday.
As the Irish Examiner reports, it was one of four dramatic rescues made by the West Cork lifeboat crew in a single 24-hour period.
Pat Collins and Tadhg Collins were the plucky duo who attempted the daring feat from their inflatable boarding boat launched from the all-weather lifeboat.
They manoeuvred their boat close enough to the runaway RIB - which was circling at speeds of up to 20 knots ever closer to the pier after its pilot and passenger were thrown overboard - to allow Tadgh to leap on board and turn down the engines.
The RIB's crew were unharmed in the incident, swimming away and finding shelter on a ketch anchored at Sherkin Island.
Baltimore's busy 24 hours continued with call-outs from three yachts during Saturday's force 7 easterly winds.
The Irish Examiner has more on the story HERE.