Transfer of injured yachtsman ashore

Launch No: 296
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Sunday, 9 July 2017
Location: Dartmouth Harbour
Photo: Riki Bannister

Ambulance Control, via Solent Coastguard, requested the RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat to attend a visiting yachtsman whose Twister 28 was taking part in the Channel Classics Regatta in Dartmouth.

He had fallen the previous evening on board and injured his left arm and chest. He was berthed on the DA pontoon with no connection to the shore but the call to the Ambulance service did not give his precise position in the harbour, hence the delay in finding him.

The RNLI inshore lifeboat crew provided casualty care until a S. West Ambulance Paramedic arrived and was transported to the casualty. Casualty and Paramedic were then taken ashore for onward transportation to Torbay Hospital.

Time

Request Received 11:56am
Time at incident Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.3333333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 20 minutes
Time to recovery Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.9 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 54 minutes
Back on Service 1:05pm

Conditions

Sea/River State River Calm
Wind Direction Southwest
Wind Strength 4-6 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Rich Eggleton (Helm)
Ewen Menzies
Stuart Millard

Shore Crew

Mark Strudwick (Tractor Driver)
Caleb Brown
Kevin Murphy

Deputy Launch Authority

Station address

RNLI Dart Lifeboat Station
Coronation Park
North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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