Launch to RIB unable to re-start engine

Launch No: 236
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Location: Dartmouth Harbour

Falmouth Coastguard were contacted by the occupants of a 4.5m RIB drifting in the mouth of the river Dart. There were two adults and two children on board. As the RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat arrived at the scene they had managed to restart their engine and made their own way to safety. Lifeboat crew; Kevin Murphy helmsman. Kevin John and Ty Hall crew (Ty's first "shout") Launch crew: Pete Callis, tractor driver. Simon Amphlett crew.

Time

Request Received	2:49pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.016666666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.35 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 21 minutes
Back on Service	3:20pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Moderate Chop
Wind Direction	South-Southeast
Wind Strength	17-21 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Kevin Murphy (Helm)

Ty Hall

Kevin John

Shore Crew

Pete Callis (Tractor Driver)

Simon Amphlett

Deputy Launch Authority

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