Two men swept out to sea in supermarket inflatable

The two men had lost one of their paddles and the inflatable boat had become somewhat swamped. 

A former RNLI crew member spotted the two men 1.5 miles from shore without life jackets. Image source: Crosshaven RNLI Lifeboat Station facebook page

A tragedy was avoided when a former lifeboatman managed to rescue two men in an inflatable supermarket boat, which had been pulled a mile and a half out to sea.

Aengus O’Donovan, a former Crosshaven RNLI crew member was returning to Crosshaven in his trawler, the Majestic IV, when he spotted two young men in the supermarket-bought inflatable.