Fishing boat with scallop bag round prop

Launch No: 318
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Location: Skerries Bank. Start Bay

Photo: Andy Kyle

Aquastar fishing boat with scallop bag round prop
Immobilised Aquastar being towed by D702 back to Dartmouth

An Aquastar day fishing boat with two on board was immobilised whilst fishing on the Skerries bank by having a scallop bag around its propeller. It took time to identify the casualty vessel as they had drifted one and a half miles from the original position given. The boat was towed to its berth in Dartmouth.

Time

Request Received	2:38pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.8166666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 49 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 2.5166666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 2 hour, 31 minutes
Back on Service	5:35pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Calm
Wind Direction	South-Southwest
Wind Strength	6 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Kevin Murphy (Helm)

Caleb Brown

Haydn Glanvill

Shore Crew

Chris Tracey (Tractor Driver)

Katy Sarah

Yorkie Lomas

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