Rosslare Harbour RNLI Lifeboat had a busy August Bank Holiday weekend with three calls between Saturday evening and Sunday morning, but fortunately no serious injury was reported to life or limb.

On Saturday evening, the lifeboat was requested to launch at 6 pm by the Irish Coast Guard following a report that a 10-metre yacht with four people onboard had got entangled in fishing gear approximately three miles from Rosslare Harbour. The vessel was quickly reached by the lifeboat as the seas were calm and a fine evening. The all-weather lifeboat’s daughter craft attached to the main lifeboat was launched and two volunteers manoeuvred into position and managed to cut free the yacht which then continued on its way. The lifeboat was requested to launch once again at 3 am. A Mayday had been sent by a 17-metre schooner which was taking in water as there were 10 people onboard including children. This yacht made its way back to the harbour, shadowed by the lifeboat.
The third request for help involved a small 4-metre boat found drifting by a passing freighter, some 12 miles east of Tuskar Rock lighthouse with a lone injured person onboard. This lone person was airlifted to Waterford Hospital by the Irish Coast Guard’s helicopter R117 from Waterford. The lifeboat attempted to tow the small boat back to port but unfortunately it sank shortly after beginning the tow.