Dory runs out of fuel near Homestone Buoy.

Launch No: 29
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Location: Homestone buoy, Dart Estuary.

The Coastguard requested attendance to a 19ft Dory with 5 on board, that had run out of fuel at the Homestone and had let off flares. The dive-boat Falcon, skippered by Tony Hoile, an ex DLA, reached the boat first and took them in tow. The incident was observed and monitored by the National Coastwatch team at Froward point. The ILB was escorting the tow back to their mooring in Warfleet Creek when they were diverted to their next shout.

Time

Request Received 6:35pm
Time at incident Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.35 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 21 minutes
Time to recovery Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.5166666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 31 minutes
Back on Service 8:30pm

Conditions

Sea/River State Calm
Wind Direction North
Wind Strength 14 knots

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