RNLI recovers adventurer's boat abandoned two months ago in hurricane

Castletownbere RNLI has recovered a British adventurer’s transatlantic boat which was abandoned in a hurricane some 400 miles west of Portugal.

RNLI recovers adventurer's boat abandoned two months ago in hurricane

Castletownbere RNLI has recovered a British adventurer’s transatlantic boat which was abandoned in a hurricane some 400 miles west of Portugal.

In what was their first call-out of 2016, the volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to go to the boat yesterday afternoon which was reported to be floating about 500 metres from the shore in Dunmanus Bay.

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