Organisation: Schull Inshore Lifeboat

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Retired teacher died after boat overturned, inquest told

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

Wed, 25 Feb, 2015

Officials set to begin investigation of sailing tragedy

Officials from the Marine Casualty Investigation Board arrived in West Cork to begin their probe into the sailing tragedy that took the life of a 66-year-old English man and forced his two elderly friends to swim a kilometre to shore.

Sat, 16 Aug, 2014

Man, 66, died in swim to shore as yacht capsized

The 66-year-old British man who died when his 5.5m yacht capsized off the West Cork coast kept a holiday home and mooring in the wider Schull area.

Fri, 15 Aug, 2014