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Golette stuck in fish farm
The Achill Island RNLI was requested to launch on Aug 12, 2026, at 4.30 a.m. after the 'Rara Avis', with 25 people onboard, among thrm two children of eight and 12 years, had made contact with a fish farm in the Clew Bay one mile east of Clare Island, off the Mayo coast. The vessel started taking on water. The Coastguard from Westport, Achill and the Coastguard helicopter 'Rescue 118' from Sligo were alerted. Achill Island RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat launched under Coxswain Dave Curtis and with mechanic Michael Cattigan, navigator Terry Hogarth and crew members Patrick McNamara, Kevin Cattigan and Orlagh Blake-Dillon onboard and proceeded to the scene for the crew to assess the situation. On arrival and with the golette taking on water, it was decided that the safest course of immediate action was to transfer 16 non-essential crew members from the vessel and bring them safely to shore nearby at Clare Island. The lifeboat crew then returned to the scene to monitor the vessel that was taking on water and remained there until the situation was brought under control by the fish farm. Once this was done, the lifeboat proceeded to Clare Island where the 16 crew were transferred back on to the lifeboat and brought safely to shore at Achill Island. The lifeboat crew then returned to the scene and monitored the situation until the sailing vessel was removed from the fish farm. Mowi Ireland ships towed the yacht out in about fifteen minutes just before 6 p.m. The lifeboat then safely escorted it back to Achill, arriving at 8 p.m. Two pens of salmon were emptied during the attempts to free the yacht. There were about 100,000 salmon in the two affected fish farm pens. The salmon were placed in the pens in March, having been reared in fresh water for a year. They are due to be harvested next year. While the training yacht caused damage to surface structures like handrails and the top netting to stop birds preying on the salmon was ripped. However, the underwater containment nets remained intact, preventing any of the farmed salmon from escaping. The repair operation to the damaged pens involved Mowi Ireland staff and contractors and fishermen from Clare Island. The fact the 'Rara Avis' had a flat bottom, was a significant factor in both the yacht entering both fish farm pens and also avoiding damaging the underwater nets. Reports with photos and video: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2026/august/13/achill-island-rnli-in-16-hour-call-out-to-bring-25-people-to-safety https://www.fishfarmingexpert.com/county-mayo-ireland-mowi/yacht-barges-into-salmon-pen-in-ireland/2165863 https://www.mayonews.ie/news/clare-island-fish-farm-mowi-ireland-8917217 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1U2A3hJ3qp/ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1938477606825100
Medevac off Achill Beg
The RNLI boat of Achill Island came to the assistance of a French yacht sailing close to Achill Beg on Aug 6, 2019.A crew member of the schooner had dislocated a knee as the vessel was heading in the direction of Clew Bay. The Lifeboat service responded swiftly to the call-out and provided first aid to the casualty. The injured person was transferred by boat to Cè Bheag where an ambulance was waiting to take her to Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar. Report with photo: https://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2019/08/06/4177834-mayo-lifeboat-crew-come-to-aid-of-french-yacht-off-achill-coast/
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