Yacht with engine failure, towed to Kingswear

Launch No: 89
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Location: Dartmouth Harbour

The Coastguard requested the lifeboat to assist a 32ft yacht with one on board. He was under sail but had engine failure and required assistance to berth in Kingswear. The lifeboat took the yacht in tow and took him to his mooring.

Time

Request Received 1:19pm
Time at incident Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.2833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 17 minutes
Time to recovery Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.6 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 36 minutes
Back on Service 2:04pm

Conditions

Sea/River State River Choppy
Wind Direction West-Southwest
Wind Strength 17-21 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Shore Crew

Deputy Launch Authority

Station address

RNLI Dart Lifeboat Station
Coronation Park
North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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