The Killaloe unit of the Irish Coast Guard was tasked on Wednesday afternoon to assist a 32-foot cruiser reported to be aground South of Shannonbridge Co Offaly.
At 3.30pm, after being alerted by watch officers at the Irish Coast Guard’s marine rescue coordination centre in Valentia, a crew travelled by road with the unit’s D-class rescue boat and launched from the slipway in Shannonbridge.
Once the causality vessel was located and the D-class crew were alongside, an assessment was then carried out. The cruiser was found to be hard aground and the decision was made to remove the skipper from the vessel.
The skipper was safely transported back to Shannonbridge slipway where he made arrangements for the recovery of the vessel.
At 8.15pm the crew were back at base and all equipment was made ready for the next call.