#lifeboat – Cork Harbour lifeboat volunteers were paged at 5.35pm yesterday afternoon to reports of a disabled boat with two persons on board between Fennels bay and Weavers point. The casualty vessel had deployed an anchor, but were dragging towards the shoreline.
Crosshaven Lifeboat helm Vincent Fleming, with crew Harry O'Rourke and Paddy Quinlan were soon in the area , but could not locate the casualty boat. Valentia Coast Guard Radio managed to establish Mobile contact with the boat, which had restarted its engine and sailed back to Ringaskiddy without informing anyone!
On returning towards Crosshaven, the crew came across another small vessel with two people on board which had broken down. The crew established a tow to the Point slipway before returning to station.