Diabhal Beag wrote: » You rarely hear such a happy ending to people going missing at sea. Great news but yesterday wasn't really the night for paddleboarding.
messrs wrote: » Amazing news - such relief for family and friends. 15 hours in the water and for them to be okay really is a miracle
Deleted User wrote: » I heard one person say that they were wearing lifejackets, but haven't seen it confirmed anywhere? Does anyone know if it's true? If so, you can be fairly certain, that they saved their lives.
JoeA3 wrote: » Amazing news. When you hear someone's missing at sea you assume the worst. 15 hours clinging to a lobster pot, that's some test of mental and physical endurance. There's a movie in the making on this one...
[Deleted User] wrote: » I heard one person say that they were wearing lifejackets, but haven't seen it confirmed anywhere? Does anyone know if it's true? If so, you can be fairly certain, that they saved their lives.
what_traffic wrote: » I hope TG4 are thinking the same. Wonder what distance did they cover in 15 hours. That lobster pot is 2 miles south of Inis Oirr IT have a rough map of ithttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/young-women-found-clinging-to-lobster-pot-after-spending-night-missing-in-galway-bay-1.4329346
fits wrote: » Anyone know what they mean by lobster pot? as you wouldn’t be clinging to any I’d know!
what_traffic wrote: » Would be the buoy for the pot I presume. Thats how the lobster fisherman can haul the string of pots or pot from the seabed. The pots themselves would have acted like an anchor for the paddle boarders.
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Storm 10 wrote: » Friend of mine in the Lifeboat was out and said the weather conditions got very bad after midnight ,the wind increased and they had torrential rain with thunder and lightning it cut visibility down to poor so you can guess they could not go too close to land and the Helicopter Flir system will not work in rain. great outcome well done to everybody involved.
The fisherman who found the two missing paddle boarders off the coast of Galway has said he was prepared to go as far as was necessary to try to rescue them, as if not, they would have continued further out to sea. The woman and teenage girl were reported missing yesterday after going paddle boarding in Galway Bay. They are believed to have survived 15 hours in the water after they were blown out to sea. Speaking on RTÉ's Liveline, Patrick Oliver said when they heard the news the women were missing, he and his son left the docks and headed west across the bay. He said that the women did the right thing by not panicking, keeping their heads clear and by hanging onto a buoy that was attached to fishing gear. He said judging by the wind, they were able to predict where the paddle boarders may end up in the water. "They travelled there about 20 miles from the beach to the side of Inis Oírr," he said. Mr Oliver said that when he heard the pair had gone missing he worked out where he felt they might be, by calculating the wind speed and direction. He said that when he was leaving the docks this morning he "told the lads this morning 'that's where I'm going'" and luckily that is where the women were found. Mr Oliver said he would have gone 30 miles and further "because it wouldn't have been worth giving up" as if they were not found they may have drifted further out to sea. He also said that he was delighted for their parents, saying he "thought about their poor mother on the beach all night looking out for them". Mr Oliver also said that both he and his son used oilskin jackets and hats to help the women warm up once they were taken from the water. "They were definitely in shock but the weather is warm so they were lucky," he said. Mr Oliver also described the moment that his 18-year-old son, Morgan, spotted the women. He said: "They were good. They were waving their paddles up in the air, they had us spotted, well they were waving anyway and then we came alongside. "They are weak and tired of course but they were sitting up and a little bit of chat out of them. We got them in the boat and we brought them into the island and the chopper landed there." "They were fairly shook but they were thankful," he said.
fits wrote: » Interview with fisherman who found them at this link.https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2020/0813/1159006-galway-rescue/?fbclid=IwAR367dmRlTybry_i4vYiJ92eZLpezBJiSY0inRS-70LVrs_6TIFX9okSXNE
owlbethere wrote: » Absolute Heroes and fierce intelligent men to use their experiences and calculate where the girls could be in the sea. My god, incredible story.
simongurnick wrote: » That's incredible. I dont know them personally but pretty sure the Oliver's area well known fishing family from Claddagh. Amazing local knowledge of the bay. Great news. What a story!
riffmongous wrote: » Do the Coastguard not do that too? There must be computer models out there that would be quite accurate
bodyguard1 wrote: » Absolutely delighted for the two women and their families and of course huge respect for all those involved in the rescue especially the Oliver father and son who pinpointed the area they would have drifted to given the weather conditions and wind speeds and brought them back safely which definitely deserves special recognition from the City Council and the National Water Safety Awards however I feel sorry for the 16 year old who jumped into the Boyne River to rescue two 11 year old boys who got into difficulty yesterday evening and was overshadowed by today's events. He is also deserving of recognition and a National Water Safety Bravery Award, it just highlights the dangers associated within our rivers and sea's around the country but thankfully both incidents had a happy ending for those involved.
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