Investigation of floating object off Strete Gate,

Launch No: 74
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Location: Start bay. One and a half miles off Strete Gate.

A member of the public on the beach at Strete Gate reported an object in the water one and a half miles offshore that could possibly be a Kite Surfer. The Coastguard requested that the ILB be launched to investigate. The object turned out to be a large channel coastal observatory buoy streaming instruments. It was brought back ashore to the Mobile Coastguard team at Strete Gate.

Time

Request Received	7:04pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.7333333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 44 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.2833333333333334 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 17 minutes
Back on Service	8:40pm

Conditions

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

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