Family saved from yacht in mud-bank
He then hatched an ingenious plan to use five body boards on the stricken vessel like stepping-stones to help the family cross the mud-bank to safety.
The drama unfolded in the river Ilen in Skibbereen, Co Cork, on Saturday night. The alarm was raised at 8pm when a family motor boat, with a father and two children on board, became stranded on the mud as the tide went out.
