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Man missing at sea lands boat in Ireland | |
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Chris Ellery did not return home as planned from a boat trip at Fishguard, prompting a search | Chris Ellery did not return home as planned from a boat trip at Fishguard, prompting a search |
A man stranded in the Irish sea after his small boat broke down landed in Ireland and walked to the nearest police station. | |
Chris Ellery, 54, from Bristol, is "tired but okay", HM Coastguard said. | |
He failed to return from a solo boat trip from Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, on Thursday, sparking a massive search. | |
His daughter Kenzie, who had taken to social media to make an appeal for help, said on Saturday he had been found. | |
Chris Ellery's daughter has shared photos of her father and his boat in an effort to find him | Chris Ellery's daughter has shared photos of her father and his boat in an effort to find him |
"My dad is alive he has been found in Ireland," she said in a Facebook post, external. | |
Coastguards in Milford Haven said Mr Ellery had attempted to cross the Irish Sea, but broke down without communications. | |
He was able to get to the coast of County Wicklow and made his way to the local police station. | |
Garda (Irish police) officers confirmed to coastguards in Milford Haven that he was safe and well. | |
HM Coastguard had resumed their search on Saturday involving an aircraft, several RNLI boat crews, two coastguard teams and police around north Pembrokeshire, Cardigan Bay and St Brides Bay. | HM Coastguard had resumed their search on Saturday involving an aircraft, several RNLI boat crews, two coastguard teams and police around north Pembrokeshire, Cardigan Bay and St Brides Bay. |