Valentia Coast Guard this morning assisted in an operation involving a yacht in Dunmanus Bay.
Castletownbere lifeboat was launched just after 2.00 a.m. to go to the immediate assistance of a yacht that was dragging its anchor in Dunmanus bay in West Cork.
The 32-foot yacht, with five persons on board, had anchored near Dooneen point on the northern shore of Dunmanus Bay. As the evening passed and the weather grew progressively worse, the yacht started to drag her anchor. The skipper became increasingly concerned and subsequently raised the alarm with Valentia Coast Guard Radio Station.
Castletownbere lifeboat was tasked and escorted the yacht from Dunmanus Bay into calmer waters and she was finally moored at Lawrence Cove Marina in Bere Island.
