FOUR RESCUED FROM SAILBOAT IN GALWAY BAY

Date Published: 01-Sep-2009

Four people were rescued from a sailboat of Galway Bay last evening.Two adults and two children were on board the sailboat when it experienced engine failure east of Mutton Island after 8pm.Galway RNLI Lifeboat launched within ten minutes and quickly located the boat which had dropped anchor.The Lifeboat crew towed the sailboat and its four occupants to New Harbour in Renville.No-one was injured in the rescue.