This evening, the Skerries Coast Guard team were paged to investigate reports of an abandoned boat trailer at the South Strand, Skerries. Concerned members of the public had contacted the Coast Guard’s rescue centre to report that the trailer was now submerged by the incoming tide, near an area known locally as “the Brook”. It appeared that the trailer had been used to launch a small boat earlier in the day, that had failed to return.

The Skerries Coast Guard team arrived on scene and immediately began to investigate how the trailer had come to be on the beach. The team spoke to members of the public on scene and also conducted extensive door to door enquiries. The Skerries team also conducted an on the water search North of the harbour. The boat and its owner were quickly traced off the harbour. The Skerries Coast Guard team briefed the owner on the situation and requested the trailer be returned to a safe location after launching their boat.

Incident #17 of 2010