Six Rescued in Seven-Hour RNLI Operation After Yacht Gets Into Difficulty

Six rescued in dramatic seven-hour operation after yacht hits fish farm off Antrim

The RNLI crew faced Force 9 gusting winds, heavy driving rain and total darkness throughout during the rescue

Red Bay RNLI rescues six people after 46ft yacht gets trapped in fish farm off Co Antrim coast

Six people have been rescued from a yacht which became entangled in a fish farm cage off the Co Antrim coast.

Six rescued in seven-hour RNLI operation after yacht gets into difficulty

The volunteer crew were requested to launch their all-weather lifeboat at 3:22am after a Mayday from the vessel which had lost power and steering

RNLI: Six people rescued after yacht gets tangled in fish farm

Belfast Coastguard received a distress call from the boat, which had been travelling from Scotland to Portugal.

Red Bay RNLI Rescues Six in Seven-Hour Overnight Operation

Six people have been brought safely ashore following a seven-hour overnight operation by Red Bay RNLI after a yacht got into difficulty off Cushendall in gale-force conditions. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their all-weather lifeboat at 3.22 am on…

Six rescued after yacht trapped off Cushendall in seven-hour RNLI operation

Redbay RNLI launched after a 46ft yacht became trapped off Cushendall, on the Antrim coast. Six people have been brought to safety after Red Bay RNLI volunteers spent seven hours at sea in gale-force conditions when a 46ft yacht became trapped at a fish farm off Cushendall. The overnight Mayday operation began in the early hours of Saturday morning after the yacht, which was travelling from Oban in Scotland to Portugal, lost all power and steeri…