Lone yachtsman rescued off Cork coast in storm-force conditions

Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat spends over 12 hours at sea rescuing a yacht which had become demasted in storm-force conditions, it has emerged.

Castletownbere RNLI lifeboat spent over 12 hours at sea rescuing a yacht which had become demasted in storm-force conditions, it has emerged.

The Castletownbere lifeboat, the Annette Hutton, was launched early yesterday morning when Valentia Coastguard Radio requested assistance to a yacht in difficulties 45 miles south of Mizen head in West Cork.