Launches
Whilst on exercise the lifeboat crew came across a 30ft yacht with 3 adults on board being towed back to harbour with some difficulty by a small motor boat. The RNLI crew took over the tow and returned the yacht to her berth on a pontoon in the harbour. Lifeboat crew: Buster Hart, helm with Kevin Murphy and Ewen Menzies crew. Shore crew: Mark Strudwick assisted by Jerry Gilby and Kevin John
Request Received | 1:03pm |
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 0.55 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 33 minutes |
Back on Service | 1:42pm |
Sea/River State | Calm |
Wind Direction | West-Northwest |
Wind Strength | 7-10 knots |