Rescue of 31 ft. Cornish Crabber with 2 on board

Launch No: 333
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Monday, 7 May 2018
Location: 1 mile south of Dartmouth harbour entrance. Start Bay.

Photo: David Bown

Cornish Crabber under tow in Dartmouth Harbour

As the RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat was about to be recovered from its previous two tasks they were directed by the Coastguard to a Cornish Crabber with two on board, 1 mile south of the Castles at the entrance to Dartmouth Harbour. Due to the lack of wind they had been motoring and run out of fuel. The lifeboat towed them to the fuel barge in Dartmouth Harbour.

Time

Lifeboat underway at time of request.

Request Received	4:55pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.6666666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 40 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.25 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 15 minutes
Back on Service	6:25pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Calm
Wind Direction
Wind Strength	1-3 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Jamie Mathys (Helm)

Ewen Menzies

Aaron Spicer

Shore Crew

Stuart Millard (Tractor Driver)

Will Davis

Dani Lodge

Deputy Launch Authority

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