At 17:15 this evening, the Skerries Coast Guard team were tasked to search for two missing windsurfers at the South beach in Rush. A concerned member of the public had contacted the Coast Guard’s rescue control centre (MRCC) on 999 to report that the two windsurfers were overdue by an hour and could not be sighted from the shore.
MRCC also immediately scrambled the Coast Guard helicopter, R116, from its base at Dublin Airport and it was on scene within minutes. Using the on board infra red camera and powerful NightSun spotlight, R116 searched the Rush coast, quickly locating the two windsurfers, near the South Beach. R116 guided the Skerries Coast Guard team to the shoreline where the team assisted the two from the water. Both casualties were safe and well.
Incident #23 of 2008
Read the article on this incident in the Dublin People newspaper here