IRELAND’S EYE ISLAND, NORTH DUBLIN - Today Howth Coast Guard unit undertook an exercise in remote technical rescue. With D-Class rescue boat cover provided by Drogheda Coast Guard, the unit attempted a number of different island rescue scenarios.
Remote technical rescue equipment packaging and transfer.
Full-team cliff mobilisation by boat.
Mid-cliff high-angle rope rescue with recovery into boat.
High-angle [...]
On Saturday last at 15.45 Howth Coast Guard boat was tasked by MRCC to a report from a yacht of teenagers in inflatables with no lifejackets on the water near Balscadden beach. At the time the boat was at Malahide estuary undertaking a boat readiness inspection. The boat went to the scene and found 2 [...]
While out on patrol today Howth Coast Guard boat ‘Grainne’ and her crew went to the assistance of three craft in difficulty.
At 14.20 she took over a tow of a RiB which had suffered engine failure on the North side of Ireland’s Eye. A lobster fishing vessel had taken it in tow but requested ‘Grainne’ [...]
While out on routine patrol today ‘Grainne’ and her crew were tasked at 12.45 by Dublin MRCC to investigate debris reported at Lambay island. A passing boat was concerned that a vessel may have sunk. Grainne went to the area checked the debris and decided that it had been thrown overboard by a vesssel and [...]
While out on regular compliance and safety patrol today the Howth Coast Guard boat ‘Grainne‘ gave assistance to some water users. At 13.53 Grainne and her crew recovered a total of eleven Kayakers and their craft from two groups back to Howth Harbour from Ireland’s Eye after they considered the conditions unsuitable for their return [...]
Today started early for the volunteers in Howth with a pre-arranged exercise at 09.30 with Coast Guard Helicopter ‘Mike Echo Sierra’. The exercise involved the helicopter deploying two liferafts into the sea while hovering above. The helicopter crew keep a line in the aircraft after the dropping and then pull the line to inflate the [...]
Howth Coast Guard patrol boat was on the water today. Initially it assisted with monitoring the pollution incident from yesterday before commencing it’s life jacket compliance monitoring.
While in Dublin bay it was tasked by MRCC to investigate reports from a concerned caller of a small inflatable drifting between Ireland’s eye and Lambay Island. The small [...]
Howth, Dublin. Howth Coast Guard were tasked at 9.50am this morning (Saturday 1st August) to an incident on the West Pier in Howth Harbour. Two 30 foot fishing trawlers had been discovered by the Harbour Master sunk at their berths on the harbour wall. Gardai and the Coast Guard responded.
It was quickly established [...]
Whilr on patrol today the crew of Grainne observed a very small dinghy with 3 people making it way into the beach on Ireland’s Eye. Grainne’s crew went ashore and confirmed that they only had 2 pfds aboard. Crew were surprised to discover that the 4′6″ dinghy was filled to the gunwales with camping gear [...]
On returning from a routine patrol on Saturday afternoon the HCG boat “Grainne” came across a jet ski near the entrance to Howth harbour. The jet ski had fouled a rope floating on the water which had wrapped around the impeller. A crew member tried to untangle it but could not so the jetski was [...]
