Four people have been taken to safety, after their motorboat hit a rock in Lough Derg.
Shortly before midnight last night, the Lough Derg RNLI was launched to locate the 16 foot motorboat which was adrift in Scariff Bay.
RNLI volunteers used their RADAR to pinpoint the vessel’s exact location and a crew member used a search light to indicate to the casualties that the lifeboat had located them and was close by.
At around half past twelve, a crew member boarded the vessel and found all on board to be safe and well and wearing their life jackets and the motorboat was subsequently towed to Mountshannon Harbour.
Lough Derg RNLI is advising all water users to ensure your vessel is equipped for nighttime navigation and that current navigation charts are kept on board.
