Lough Derg RNLI assist a lone fisherman after boat gets wedged in rocky shoal

At 5.50pm, the lifeboat launched with helm Eleanor Hooker, Lian Knight and Keith Brennan on board. Winds was east-southeasterly, Force 2. Visibility was good.
 
The lifeboat located the vessel in Youghal Bay. The fisherman was safe and wearing his lifejacket. He was taken onto the lifeboat and an RNLI volunteer transferred across to the lakeboat. The boat was taken off the shoal and into safe water. The lifeboat towed the boat to safe harbour in Youghal Bay.
 
Peter Kennedy, Deputy Launching Authority at Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat, advises boat users to ‘to bring charts with you and know the areas close to shore marked as un-navigatable’.

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