Launches
A 30 ft Moody yacht with two adults on board became immobilised with a sheet wrapped around her prop.and rudder. Another yacht was standing by but was unable to affect a tow. The inshore lifeboat was asked to attend and towed the yacht in testing conditions into harbour to a berth at the Darthaven Marina. Lifeboat crew; Kevin Murphy Helmsman. Haydn Glanville and Al Duffy crew. Launch crew: Pete Callis Tractor driver. Jerry Gilby crew.
Request Received | 5:11pm |
Time at incident | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.5833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 35 minutes |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 2.15 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 2 hour, 9 minutes |
Back on Service | 7:45pm |
Sea/River State | 2m swell |
Wind Direction | West-Southwest |
Wind Strength | 17-21 knots |