Our plan for today had been to leave Kilmore at 12.30 and head to Dunmore East, have something to eat, a bit of a rest and leave at 11pm for Cork. Arriving at lunchtime on Monday.
We left as planned and had only got out of the harbour when the boat filled with smoke, alarms went off and engine cut out. Immediately got the head sail up and headed for the Safe Water Marker Buoy to allow us time to sort things out. It soon became apparent that we need to return to Kilmore Quay for specialised assistance. However, being spring tides and we were leaving on the low tide to get the push south, we had no room for error. There wasn’t enough wind for us to sail the very long leading line into the harbour without risking being pushed onto the shallows either side, so we contacted the coastguard who got Kilmore Quay RNLI to kindly give us a tow back in.
So, back at Kilmore Quay Marine where we will be until Friday when we can get engine sorted. Turns out the water pump had seized, but engine won’t turn on.
Many, many, many thanks to those amazing volunteers who rescued us. Today they were called out twice to rescue kayakers and another boat!
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