Baltimore RNLI assisted two sailors after their motor boat broke down off the coast of West Cork, it emerged today.

The volunteers of the Baltimore lifeboat have been very busy over the past four days.

A retired public school teacher from Oxfordshire died after a summer sailing trip turned to disaster in West Cork.

Crew aboard one of the world’s top ocean-racing yachts could not access lifesaving equipment or emergency communications after the €18m boat capsized off the Cork coast last year.

HE HAS faced raging storms and mountainous seas as part of the heroic RNLI lifeboat crew which saved the lives of 16 sailors from a capsized yacht off the south west coast on Monday.

A SALVAGE crew righted the stricken super yacht Rambler 100 last night after a painstaking, day-long operation off the south coast.

SOME of the world’s top professional sailors have hailed as heroes the volunteer Irish lifeboat crew and emergency services that helped save their lives on Monday night.

“I DON’T plan to do it again,” skipper and owner of the Rambler 100, George David, 69, said, just hours after he was plucked from the dark stormy waters off the Fastnet Rock.

More than 20 crew on board a racing yacht are recovering today following a dramatic rescue when it capsized off the Cork coast.