Six rescued after training yacht gets tangled with lobster pot marker off Ballycotton
Ballycotton RNLI's lifeboat, The Austin Lidbury, was requested to launch to help the 9m Dutch yacht at around midnight. Picture: Ballycotton RNLI/Facebook
The crew of a student training yacht found themselves in difficulty late last night after an incident involving a lobster pot marker.
The crew had set out on their journey on Monday morning as part of a college training voyage to circumnavigate Ireland. Just after 11pm, the vessel's propeller was fouled on a lobster pot marker and the crew found themselves unable to sail to the nearest harbour as there was not enough wind.
