A few streaks of engine oil and a piece of rope is all that's left on the surface of the water here to indicate where an angling trip turned into a disaster.
It took just ten minutes for the Pisces to sink 1½ miles off the Wexford coast, taking half its passengers with it.
The rest of those on board this small wooden fishing vessel, four young anglers and the captain, Paddy Barden, were left clinging for survival to the plastic drums the boat used as fenders.
This tragedy unfolded quickly. From the time the distress signal was sent slightly before mid-day yesterday, it took only ten minutes for help to arrive. First on the scene was the St Coren, skippered by Tom Roche, a neighbour of Barden's in the fishing port near Fethard-on-Sea.
It must have been a very silent catastrophe, played out on a calm sea and in pea soup fog. Four bodies, five survivors. The tenth passenger, Mark Doyle, aged 14, was spotted holding on to a drum, but had disappeared by the time his turn came to be rescued. The search for him continued all day yesterday.
Conditions were perfect for the mackerel and pollock anglers who set out on the Pisces and other boats yesterday morning. Locals said Paddy Barden is a vastly experienced fisherman who, like other boat-owners in the area, regularly takes out day-tripping anglers at the weekends. He bought the Pisces only three months ago; ironically the previous owner was one of those who came to the aid of the stricken vessel yesterday. The Pisces was a 26ft half-deck wooden boat, not large by any means, but the conditions were fair and the forecast good.
Most of those on board were from the New Ross area and related to each other.
There was Jim Cooney, a well-known business man and undertaker in the town. Cooney's son-in-law Seamus Doyle and his two sons were also on board, along with another father and son group and other friends.
It still isn't clear what caused the tragedy. The first distress call was garbled and went out on the boating channel, rather than the emergency frequency.
Divers who inspected the wreck of the Pisces on the sea-floor said there were no visible signs of damage to the hull.
None of those taken from the water was wearing a life-jacket, according to those who rescued them. A single life-jacket on the boat was found by divers still attached to the sunken hull yesterday afternoon.
According to Tom Roche, the young boys he rescued would only have survived for a few more minutes if help hadn't arrived in time.
As yesterday afternoon progressed, the gloom enveloping the small pier at Fethard seemed to deepen. Rescuers from the Coast Guard came and went in their rigid inflatable boats, but there was no sign of the missing boy. A thick fog permitted no glimpse of the rescue effort going on just a mile out to sea.
Fethard-on-Sea during the peak summer months is normally packed with sun-worshippers and tourists, but given the weather over the past few months it was the locals who visited the seashore as news of the tragedy began to spread.
The anglers were due to return to shore for lunch but when there was no sight of the vessel people soon became apprehensive. Later as news began to filter through of the tragedy, local people accompanied by holidaymakers made their way to the shore.
They stood in small huddles as the extent of the tragedy broke; only a short few weeks ago fishermen on the seashore had a narrow escape having been struck by lightning. The search was organised by Chief Supt Michael Murphy.
In New Ross as the news broke prayers were offered at late Masses.
Locals and neighbours visited the homes of those lost to console the families.
Prayers were been offered in the local New Ross church. People were finding it difficult to come to terms with what had happened.
They comforted each other for all lost at sea were well known in the town, coming from very popular families.
