THE OWNER of the Rambler 100 has sent an official letter of appreciation to the people of Baltimore expressing “profound gratitude” following the crew’s dramatic rescue.

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

THE complex operation to salvage one of the world’s fastest racing yachts is being overseen by Sean Harrington, a 26-year-old marine expert from Bere Island in West Cork.

A major salvage operation gets underway later on a yacht that capsized off the Cork 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.

CHEERS for the heroes of the dramatic rescue of the stricken racing yacht, the Rambler 100, echoed around the pier in Baltimore as survivors came ashore.

DRAMATICS on an operatic scale are commonplace in the life of George David, multi-millionaire skipper of Rambler 100.

“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.

“WE were getting slammed in every direction. It was like a washing machine out there,” crewmember Joe Finelli said, having spent three hours adrift in notoriously dangerous waters more than 5km from the Fastnet Lighthouse, off Mizen Head.

A DEEP-SEA tug towed the stricken super-yacht Rambler 100 to a sheltered cove on the south west coast last night ahead of a major salvage operation today.

The owner of a €17m yacht which capsized mid-race off the Cork coast has decided to attempt to tow it to shore.

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

WHEN it comes to sailing, size matters. The bigger the sail, the faster the boat.