Gallery: Yacht capsizes off Cork coast

Updated: 11:26, Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Twenty-one crew members of a racing yacht that capsized off the Cork coast last night are recovering from their ordeal

  • Rescue operation was launched after an emergency satellite warning system was activated
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    Rescue operation was launched after an emergency satellite warning system was activated

  • Rambler 100 overturned off Cork coast
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    Rambler 100 overturned off Cork coast

  • Five crew had been in the waters for three hours
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    Five crew had been in the waters for three hours

  • The US registered yacht, the Rambler 100, had been taking part in the Fastnet race when it overturned near Baltimore
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    The US registered yacht, the Rambler 100, had been taking part in the Fastnet race when it overturned near Baltimore

  • Baltimore - 20 crew were taken back by the lifeboat with one airlifted to hospital (pic: RNLI)
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    Baltimore - 20 crew were taken back by the lifeboat with one airlifted to hospital (pic: RNLI)

  • Rescue - The Baltimore lifeboat during the rescue of crew from the yacht (pic: RNLI)
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    Rescue - The Baltimore lifeboat during the rescue of crew from the yacht (pic: RNLI)

  • One of the crew remains in hospital today
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    One of the crew remains in hospital today