Conor McGregor's first yacht has taken a battering similar to the UFC's tough battles after being subject to powerful winds.
His 62-year-old dad Tony took to social media to give fans an update on the yacht that was gifted to him by his fighter son. He can often be spotted off the Dublin coastline enjoying the luxury.
The yacht, known fondly as "The 188" after the amount McGregor used to get when on the dole, had its yawning torn down by the heavy winds that hit the capital last week. Sharing a video of the damage he said: “The 188 took a hit from a stormy Thursday night.”
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He then vowed: “The 188 will be restored to its original pristine condition.” Tony describes himself as an “international yachtsman of leisure”.
Last year, he revealed he got into difficulty out in the water on the boat after the batteries went dead on the yacht while he was out at Dalkey’s Pilot View in South Dublin. At the time, he admitted: “It was a captain’s error.
“I went out to Dalkey to Pilot View. I dropped an anchor and I had swimmers on board. They were swimming off The 188. So they were swimming and jumping off the cliffs there for about an hour and a half. I dropped the anchor, and I switched the engines off, but I put on the navigation lights and that was the problem.
“My navigation lights were running the batteries down. So, when I went to pull up the anchor, the anchor was on an electric wince, I went to pull up the anchor there was no power. The electric wince wasn’t working – so I knew there was an electrical issue but I didn’t know at the time I drained the batteries.”
The seaman said he ended up having to call the RNLI for help over the incident. Tony admitted: “It was a classic yachtsman’s error. These engines are bulletproof Volvo Penta marine engines, they’ve a lot of power in them.
“There are two engines on The 188. When I switched over the engines, it just wouldn’t crank over so I knew the batteries were dead. I put in a call to MGM boats, who look after the mechanics of it, and they were away at the time and the yard was closed so they couldn’t come to my aid.”
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