Grounded yacht recovered.

[Gurrig]

All sailors are well. Yacht that ran aground in Kilkee departs Co Clare - Clare Echo

 

[Sandy]

Good to see all ended well.

To quote the website

Skipper of the yacht, Bangor native Nigel Kearney and his two friends were asleep on the yacht before discovering that they had run aground. The trio managed to avoid any injuries and got off the vessel safely, this followed the mooring giving way at around 9am on Wednesday morning which he described as a “rude awakening”.

I wonder if this will turn into a mooring v anchoring thread?

 

[Stingo]

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I wonder if this will turn into a mooring v anchoring thread?

It just has

 

[MontyMariner]

Maybe it should be an Anchor Watch app thread, but looking at the pics of her laid on the beach I can't see a deployed anchor.

 

[chriscallender]

All sailors are well. Yacht that ran aground in Kilkee departs Co Clare - Clare Echo

I think you can see what went wrong in the photos. There's a line attched to both bow cleats, so I suspect the boat was moored on a bridle to the mooring, and the line chafed through. Looks like a pretty lively onshore wind and waves, anyway everyone is safe, the damage looks pretty minor and being dealt with promptly by an insurer at a guess, seeing it leave on that transporter. A bit of a slow news day in Co Claire?

PS : Although there's also a great big mooring buoy in the cockpit, so probably something else broke.

 

[veshengro]

Happy to see her recovered safely, and a nice account of the kind local people ashore.

 

[MontyMariner]

there's also a great big mooring buoy in the cockpit, so probably something else broke.

Well spotted

 

[Lucky Duck]

Seems to be missing it’s rudder?

 

[ProDave]

I am more interested in how they recovered it from the beach. I very much doubt a crane could get close enough to crane if from where it was lying. So they must have re floated on a high tide and has suitable tugs to pull it off and recover to a place it can be lifted?