Callout to Surfer in Difficulty Caps Full Weekend for Courtmacsherry Lifeboat
26th April 2021
Courtmacsherry RNLI’s crew masked up and ready to respond
Credit: RNLI/Nuala McAloon
CourtmacsherryRNLI s all-weather Trent class lifeboat Frederick Story Cockburn was called out yesterday afternoon, Sunday 26 April at 3.40pm as people reported a surfer in difficulty off Garrylucas Beach near the Old Head of Kinsale.
The lifeboat under coxswain Ken Cashman and a crew of six was under way within minutes and proceeded at full speed to the area of the casualty, where it carried to a detail search while the Old Head and Seven Heads Coast Guard unit searched from the shoreline.
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I was just delighted to help : Kite surfer rescues swimmer in difficulty in West Cork
An RNLI lifeboat was deployed at 5:20pm, but when it arrived the kitesurfer had rescued the swimmer. By Tadgh McNally Saturday 24 Apr 2021, 2:35 PM 4 hours ago 14,138 Views 8 Comments
Kitesurfer Dylan Green rescued a swimmer in difficulty yesterday evening
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A KITE SURFER rescued a swimmer in difficulty off the coast of Seven Heads Peninsula in West Cork yesterday evening.
Kite surfer Dylan Green was surfing at Broadstrand for the first time yesterday evening when a swimmer close to the shore alerted him to a woman who was struggling in the water.
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Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat in Call Out to 50ft Yacht in Difficulties off the Old Head of Kinsale
3rd January 2021
The yacht as located off the Old Head of Kinsale by Courtmacsherry lifeboat
The Courtmacsherry All-Weather Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat was called out at 7 am this Sunday morning to go to the aid of a 50 ft-yacht with three people on board which had got into difficulties four miles east of the Old Head of Kinsale in West Cork.
The Courtmacsherry Lifeboat under Coxswain Mark Gannon and crew of 6 were underway within minutes and in the cover of darkness, the Lifeboat proceeded at top speed to the area of the causality. Winds were blowing force 4 to 5 in freezing conditions this morning and the stricken vessel, which was on passage from Salcolme in the UK to Kinsale, had encountered heavy weather over the past 24 hours.