Yacht given tow WHEN a man on the shore reported seeing a yacht driven aground, the Dunmore East, Co. Waterford, lifeboat put out on May 4.

She was the lifeboat Dunleary II, on temporary duty at the station, and she slipped her moorings at 8.40 p.m. in a gale force south easterly wind and a rough sea. As the light was failing two parachute flares were used to illuminate the area, but nothing was seen.

About 9.50 a message was received from the container ship Enterprise that her crew had spotted a yacht one and a half miles offshore. The lifeboat immediately went to this position and found the casualty, which was the sloop Anna Liffey, of Dublin.The lone yachtsman accepted a tow to Dunmore East. The first line parted one and a half miles off the Hook light.

After being made fast the towing continued and the casualty, with her skipper yachtsman, was safely landed. The lifeboat returned to her moorings at 2 a.m.

on May 5..