23ft motor boat with engine problems 5 miles south of Dartmouth

Launch No: 316
Craft: Elaine McLeod Scott D-812
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Location: Mouth of River Dart

Photo: Andy Kyle

ILB escorting motor boat to Noss Marina
D 812 escorting motor boat to Noss marina

The Coastguard tasked Dart inshore lifeboat and the Salcombe Tamar Lifeboat to the boat with 3 adults on board near the Skerries in failing light. The engine problem was intermittent and the boat managed to reach the mouth of the Dart where it was met by the Dart crew. The lifeboat escorted them to a safe berth at the Noss marina.

Time

Request Received	5:18pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.4166666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 25 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.7833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 47 minutes
Back on Service	6:10pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Slight Chop Poor visability
Wind Direction	East-Northeast
Wind Strength	10-17 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Chris Tracey (Helm)

Stuart Millard

Shore Crew

Pete Callis (Tractor Driver)

Katy Sarah

Yorkie Lomas

Tom Shanley

Deputy Launch Authority

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