Howth Coast Guard boat ‘Grainne‘ was out this morning training with Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter ‘Sierra Alpha Romeo’. We started first with a wet winch. Barbara, one of Grainne’s crew was put into the water and the helicopter approached in, hovered and the winch man recovered her. She was dunked in again by the heli [...]
Howth CG boat ‘Grainne‘ and four crew were out yesterday and at the request of Coast Guard Helicopter ‘Mike Echo Sierra’(Rescue 116) ‘wet winch’ training was the order of the day. Grainne supplied a crew member to be winched from the water up to the helicopter as part of the heli crews required training.
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On Wednesday evening Howth CG boat ‘Grainne’ was out working with Helicopter Mike Echo Sierra(Rescue 116). Grainne was asked to assist R116 with winching procedures. Out past Ireland’s Eye a crew member from Grainne was put in the water and was winched out up to the helicopter and then the winchman then landed in the [...]
No you weren’t seeing things if you think you saw some Howth CG members on the Shannon last weekend. Paul and Declan, two members of the unit were down on the Shannon last weekend along with ‘Grainne‘ our boat. They were assisting the soon to be Killaloe/Ballina Coast Guard unit with Lifejacket Compliance Monitoring. The members were [...]
Howth CG boat Grainne was out on Patrol over this weekend and on both Saturday and Sunday Grainne assisted vessels in trouble. On Saturday Grainne and her crew assisted a Rib which had trouble with her engine and could not start it. She was taken in tow back to Bray harbour. En route the engine [...]
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The Howth Coast Guard boat was in action today at the Greystones Festival. As part of the proceedings Greystones CG unit hosted a search and rescue display. Taking part were Wicklow lifeboat, Wicklow Civil Defence boat, Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter 116 and of course Howth CG boat.
Howth provided safety boat cover during the rescue senarios.
Howth CG boat Grainne was out on Sunday last monitoring Lifejacket Compliance. The crew reported back disappointedly that the level of compliance was dropping back on previous levels. Specific incidents included a rib out from Howth with five people on board but only one with a PFD and a rib with one adult and one [...]
Photos from the Howth Festival SAR Demo are available online.
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Today the Howth Coast Guard boat went out to meet and support the Round Ireland Swim Expedition team who were entering Howth Harbour for the night. Best of luck to the team, please do sponsor them if you have the chance.
Please enjoy our video from today (press play):
The team received a photo and mention [...]
The Howth Coast Guard boat was out on lifejacket compliance monitoring both days of the weekend with slightly worse compliance on Sunday than Saturday. The boat crew met up with Skerries RNLI Atlantic 75 off Portrane and the Irish Coast Guard Helicopter ‘MES’ off the Bailey Lighthouse.
The Howth crew are now gearing up for the [...]
