Silver,NO.Not our SAR area. As i have posted in a previous thread the incident happened in Clyde coast guards SAR region,not Ireland's .It was the UK's responsibility.The Irish coastguard offered their assets inc 2 X S-61's ,that offer for what ever reason was not taken up .Clan, I agree with alot of what your saying,but its not for us, as you put it, to take control, the facts of the matter are it was inside the UK's jurisdiction.All you can do is offer help.