Ferry catches prop on anchor chain.

Launch No: 45
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Location: Stoke Gabriel, River Dart

The ILB was on exercise in Castle Cove when they were tasked by the Coastguard to attend the Dart Pleasure Cruises vessel Warrior whilst on ferry service betwen Dartmouth and Stoke Gabriel with one Ferryman on board. The Warrior had caught her propeller on an anchor chain in Stoke Gabriel creek. The lifeboat crew were able to cut the chain with bolt croppers and then towed the vessel back to her mooring in Dartmouth.

Time

Request Received	12:23pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.7833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 47 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.2166666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 13 minutes
Back on Service	1:45pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	River Choppy
Wind Direction	West-Southwest
Wind Strength	16-21 knots

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