A J80 keelboat stolen from the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire Harbour was the centre of a Dublin Bay rescue story last week that made headlines in The Irish Daily Star!
A thief took the yacht and outboard engine from the East Pier club out to sea in the middle of the night but ran out of fuel.
Dun Laoghaire RNLI Lifeboat station received a request to launch from the Coast Guard at 7:40 am last Wednesday to reports of a vessel with one person on board which had run out of fuel in the middle of the Bay.
The stolen J80 yacht is brought safely back to harbour by Dun Laoghaire RNLI Lifeboat
The all-weather lifeboat arrived on scene and towed the vessel back to Dun Laoghaire Harbour with Gardaí waiting on shore for the occupant of the vessel.
NYC Commodore Martin McCarthy told the newspaper that it was 'an extremely dangerous thing to do because he could have been drowned'.
According to The Star, the thief is to appear in Dun Laoghaire District Court on charges on September 2nd.
Fortunately, the club boat was able to be repaired and was back in use 24 hours later.
