Man reported to be in the water at Totnes

Launch No: 245
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Location: Vire Island. Totnes

A man was reported to be in the water at Vire Island, Totnes and the Coastguard requested the Dart ILB to launch. The man was recovered by the Police four minutes after the lifeboat launched and the crew were stood down. Lifeboat crew. Buster Hart, helmsman. Yorkie Lomas and Kevin John crew. Launch crew; Peter Callis, tractor driver.

Time

Request Received	8:56pm
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.23333333333333334 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 14 minutes
Back on Service	9:15pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	River Calm
Wind Direction	East
Wind Strength	7-10 knots

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