Solo Yachtsman in difficulty and on the rocks

Launch No: 424
Craft: Staines Whitfield. B-795
Saturday, 4 April 2020
Location: Between Newfoundland Cove and Froward Point

Photo: David Bown

RNLI Dart B class going to yacht close to rocks near Froward Point

RNLI Dart were paged by the coastguard to attend a 9 metre yacht with engine troubles and drifting towards Froward Point rocks. The Atlantic Class Lifeboat launched and managed to tow the yacht off the rocks and bring her alongside Dartmouth Town Quay. The solo gentleman on board was not keen to give any details and very keen to get underway bound for his home port some distance to the east of Dartmouth!

Photo: David Bown

Yacht with engine problems being brought into Dartmouth harbour

Time

Request Received	5:10pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.6833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 41 minutes
Time to recovery	1 hour, 0 minutes
Back on Service	6:10pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Moderate Chop
Wind Direction	Southwest
Wind Strength	11-16 knots	Force 4

Lifeboat Crew

Rich Eggleton (Helm)

Stuart Millard

Aaron Spicer

Shore Crew

Deputy Launch Authority

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Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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