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Man missing at sea lands boat in Ireland | 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 keen photographer who broke down on a small boat in the Irish sea has made a remarkable landing in Ireland. | |
Chris Ellery, from Bristol, failed to return from a solo trip out of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, on Thursday, sparking a massive search. | |
He came ashore on Saturday and walked to a local Garda police station in County Wicklow, HM Coastguard said. | |
The Garda said the 54 year-old was "tired but okay". | |
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 |
The Coastguard spokesman said Mr Ellery set off from French Camp Bay on Thursday expecting to return the following day. | |
But as he headed west towards Ireland, his three metre (10ft) black inflatable boat had engine trouble. | |
"He broke down, but managed to get it going again. But his phone had also stopped working," the spokesman said. | |
"He came ashore in County Wicklow and made his way to a local police station. They contacted Dyfed-Powys Police. | |
"It's good news." | |
Mr Ellery's family had travelled to the port of Fishguard after they had not heard from him. | |
His daughter Kenzie took to social media to make an appeal for help. | |
But she said on Saturday afternoon he had been found. | |
"My dad is alive he has been found in Ireland," she said in a Facebook post, external. | "My dad is alive he has been found in Ireland," she said in a Facebook post, external. |
A large-scale search had taken place after he had gone missing. | |
HM Coastguard had resumed the two-day operation on Saturday, involving an aircraft, several RNLI boat crews, two coastguard teams and police around north Pembrokeshire, Cardigan Bay and St Brides Bay. | |