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Emma Nevin

Lifeboats launched after yacht carrying family of four runs aground in Malahide

Both of Howth's RNLI lifeboats were deployed on Saturday morning to aid a family of four on a yacht that had run aground at the entrance to Malahide Harbour.

The volunteer lifeboat crew's pagers went off at 11:45am and the crew of the Howth Inshore Lifeboat immediately responded, shortly followed by the Howth All-Weather Lifeboat with five crew on-board.

Upon arriving at the scene, the crew established that the yacht was aground but was not damaged. They aided the skipper of the yacht in deploying the anchor and three of the yacht's crew were transferred onto the All-Weather boat to return to Howth.

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The skipper of the yacht remained on board awaiting the rising tide to free the yacht.

Howth RNLI inshore lifeboat helm, Fin Goggin said that the skipper did the right thing in contacting the Coast Guard for assistance.

He said: "Although the weather is perfect for enjoying time on the water this weekend, it’s important to be aware of the weather forecast and the tide times and ensure it's suitable for your activity.

"The yacht's skipper was well prepared but unfortunately incidents like this can happen. The skipper did the right thing in calling the Coast Guard for help.

"As we were preparing for our weekly training exercise at the time, the inshore lifeboat crew were able to quickly respond. Our fellow crew from the All-Weather lifeboat launched minutes later to assist us. Once the pagers go off our volunteer crew drop what they’re doing and make their way to the lifeboat station to help save lives at sea."

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