Kilmore Quay Lifeboat

10th April 2012

The volunteer RNLI crew were paged today by Dublin Coastguard at 3:22pm after an 8 metre yacht with 2 people on board issued a Mayday when the yacht lost its rudder while she was 1 mile to the West of Forlorn Point in a fresh Westerly wind. When the RNLB Killarney arrived on scene, a crewmember was put on board and a tow was set up using the casualty drogue as the yacht was unable to steer. The yacht was put alongside in the marina at 4:30pm.

7th April 2012

A small fiberglass boat with 5 people on board asked the Coastguard for assistance when its engine would not start. Kilmore Quay lifeboat was requested to go to aid of the boat at 4:13pm. The boat which was about a mile offshore and 2 miles to the East of the Little Saltee Island, in good weather conditions. The lifeboat arrived on scene a short time later, passed a rope to the boat and towed it back to K.Q.

31st March 2012

Pat Power (behind the stern light) retired from his post on Saturday after 17 years service as second mechanic at the station. Best wishes to pat from everyone involved with the station.

18th March 2012

The volunteer crew were paged at 23:19 Hrs by Dublin Coastguard who had received a call from a member of the public reporting a vessel on fire between the Saltee Islands and Kilmore Quay. The Lifeboat launched and carried out a search of the area along with a search of the Saltees and with nothing sighted the lifeboat returned to station at 01:15 Hrs.

2nd March 2012

The volunteer crew were alerted by Dublin Coastguard at 11:40 hrs today, a local vessel with 1 person on board had an electric fire in the engine compartment when it was 1.5 miles to the West of the Great Saltee Island. With the fire extinguished by the person on board, the lifeboat towed the vessel back to Kilmore Quay getting into the harbour at 13:45 hrs.

Photo by Rescue 117

16th February 2012

The volunteer crew were call on to escort an 8 meter fishing with 2 people on board at 14:44 Hrs. Initially the vessel began taking on water while it was fishing 3 miles to the North of Rosslare Harbour. Rosslare Harbour lifeboat and Rescue 117 were tasked by the Coastguard, with pumps put on board the casualty from the lifeboat and the ingress water under control the casualty began to make her way south heading for Kilmore Quay. The RNLB Killarney met with casualty vessel at Carnsore point and relieved the Rosslare Harbour lifeboat. The casualty made it back to Kilmore Quay by evening.

10th February 2012

The volunteer crew were paged at 10:50 Hrs, An 8 metre lobster boat with 2 people had mechanical failure half a mile south of the small Saltee Island the lifeboat towed her back to K.Q.

7th February 2012

The volunteer crew were paged at 14:16 Hrs and the lifeboat was requested to go to the assistance of a small fishing vessel with 2 people on board which had picked up a large sheet of netting in its propeller and was unable to get it clear. The fishing boat was located 4 miles to the East of the station at Kilturt bank. TheRNLBKillarney was on scene a short time later and towed the boat back to Kilmore Quay in favourable conditions.

22nd January 2012

The volunteer crew had gathered for a routine exercise on Sunday morning when a 20 meter stern trawler with 4 people on board reported that it was having engine problems 25 miles from the station, the lifeboat got underway a short time later and made the passage to the casualty in a fresh to strong Westerly wind. A tow was connected to the trawler and it was towed back to K.Q.