4A family’s holiday took an unfortunate turn on 25 August when their cruiser ran aground, injuring two of the seven onboard. Lough Derg’s B class lifeboat Vera Skilton was launched into force 5 winds gusting to force 7. Two RNLI crew members went onboard the cruiser to assess the holidaymakers’ state and decided to take everyone ashore by lifeboat. The injured people were transferred to hospital, while a local mantook the others to his house to warm up.