Five rescued after yacht sank near Sherkin

The Baltimore all-weather lifeboat crew launched and found a 40ft yacht had become caught in old fishing nets, lost steerage and had been pushed up on to rocks by a strong tide

Baltimore's all-weather lifeboat "Alan Massey" at its berth following today's call. Photo: RNLI/Kate Callanan.

Five people were rescued after their crippled yacht was pushed onto rocks and sank near Sherkin Island off Cork today.

The alarm was raised at 2.55pm after the Irish Coast Guard picked up a mayday call from the five-strong crew of a yacht in distress near Sherkin Island, off the south coast of Baltimore.