Lasting the night During the night of 2 July, a lone yachtsman faced force 10 winds and 10-11m waves, 40 miles off the coast of Donegal. The experienced sailor harnessed himself to the yacht as it capsized repeatedly. In the early hours of the morning, the Arranmore Severn class lifeboat Myrtle Maud located the casualty, but had to wait for daybreak to safely attach a tow rope. Using their Y boat, the crew took provisions to the exhausted yachtsman, later transferring him to the lifeboat, with suspected broken ribs and hypothermia. On shore, an ambulance took him to hospital and the lifeboat returned to station after the testing 21-hour service..