Sailors eager to return to sea after dramatic rescue

Teenage sailors who were at the centre of a dramatic sea rescue after their tall ship sail training vessel sank are eager to get back on the water.

The trainees praised their skipper and emergency services last night for saving their lives just moments before the stricken Astrid sank close to the mouth of Kinsale Harbour in Co Cork just after midday yesterday.

Christopher Hopcraft, 17, from Co Cork, who was on his first voyage at sea, said it hasn’t put him off sailing.